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Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems
Middle Eastern countries are primarily known for their dry sand deserts; however, they have a wider physiographic range which includes upland plateau and mountain ranges. The Middle East is home to various types of plants, such as Phoenix dactylifera (date palm tree), Scrophularia striata (herbaceou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7179161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25051126 |
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author | Varijakzhan, Disha Chong, Chou-Min Abushelaibi, Aisha Lai, Kok-Song Lim, Swee-Hua Erin |
author_facet | Varijakzhan, Disha Chong, Chou-Min Abushelaibi, Aisha Lai, Kok-Song Lim, Swee-Hua Erin |
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description | Middle Eastern countries are primarily known for their dry sand deserts; however, they have a wider physiographic range which includes upland plateau and mountain ranges. The Middle East is home to various types of plants, such as Phoenix dactylifera (date palm tree), Scrophularia striata (herbaceous plants), and Opuntia ficus-indica (cactus). These plants have been found to have various types of bioactivities, such as antimicrobial activities against both bacteria and fungi, in addition to exhibiting anti-inflammatory effects and anti-cancer characteristics which can be utilized in the clinical setting for treatment. Due to limited reviews focusing on plant extracts from the Middle East, we aim to provide a discourse on plants from this region which have various bioactivities and to provide information on the compounds that can be identified from these plants. This is to enhance our understanding to improve modern medicine problems such as antimicrobial resistance and to find an alternative cure for cancer. It is hoped that the collation of information from this review will enable an assessment of the direct role of Middle Eastern plants in providing therapeutic options to address the predicaments in the medical field. |
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spelling | pubmed-71791612020-04-28 Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems Varijakzhan, Disha Chong, Chou-Min Abushelaibi, Aisha Lai, Kok-Song Lim, Swee-Hua Erin Molecules Review Middle Eastern countries are primarily known for their dry sand deserts; however, they have a wider physiographic range which includes upland plateau and mountain ranges. The Middle East is home to various types of plants, such as Phoenix dactylifera (date palm tree), Scrophularia striata (herbaceous plants), and Opuntia ficus-indica (cactus). These plants have been found to have various types of bioactivities, such as antimicrobial activities against both bacteria and fungi, in addition to exhibiting anti-inflammatory effects and anti-cancer characteristics which can be utilized in the clinical setting for treatment. Due to limited reviews focusing on plant extracts from the Middle East, we aim to provide a discourse on plants from this region which have various bioactivities and to provide information on the compounds that can be identified from these plants. This is to enhance our understanding to improve modern medicine problems such as antimicrobial resistance and to find an alternative cure for cancer. It is hoped that the collation of information from this review will enable an assessment of the direct role of Middle Eastern plants in providing therapeutic options to address the predicaments in the medical field. MDPI 2020-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7179161/ /pubmed/32138245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25051126 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Varijakzhan, Disha Chong, Chou-Min Abushelaibi, Aisha Lai, Kok-Song Lim, Swee-Hua Erin Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title | Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title_full | Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title_fullStr | Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title_full_unstemmed | Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title_short | Middle Eastern Plant Extracts: An Alternative to Modern Medicine Problems |
title_sort | middle eastern plant extracts: an alternative to modern medicine problems |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7179161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25051126 |
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