Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)

Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to the discovery of Galanthamine as symptomatic...

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Autores principales: Kong, Chee Kei, Low, Liang Ee, Siew, Wei Sheng, Yap, Wei-Hsum, Khaw, Kooi-Yeong, Ming, Long Chiau, Mocan, Andrei, Goh, Bey-Hing, Goh, Poh Hui
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Pharmacology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33679383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.552453
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author Kong, Chee Kei
Low, Liang Ee
Siew, Wei Sheng
Yap, Wei-Hsum
Khaw, Kooi-Yeong
Ming, Long Chiau
Mocan, Andrei
Goh, Bey-Hing
Goh, Poh Hui
author_facet Kong, Chee Kei
Low, Liang Ee
Siew, Wei Sheng
Yap, Wei-Hsum
Khaw, Kooi-Yeong
Ming, Long Chiau
Mocan, Andrei
Goh, Bey-Hing
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description Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to the discovery of Galanthamine as symptomatic treatment drug for Alzhiermer disease. This review aims to discuss the bioactivities of Galanthus spp including anticholinesterase, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer potential of the extracts and chemical constituents of Galanthus spp. This review highlights that Galanthus spp. as the exciting sources for drug discovery and nutraceutical development.
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spelling pubmed-79335682021-03-06 Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae) Kong, Chee Kei Low, Liang Ee Siew, Wei Sheng Yap, Wei-Hsum Khaw, Kooi-Yeong Ming, Long Chiau Mocan, Andrei Goh, Bey-Hing Goh, Poh Hui Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to the discovery of Galanthamine as symptomatic treatment drug for Alzhiermer disease. This review aims to discuss the bioactivities of Galanthus spp including anticholinesterase, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer potential of the extracts and chemical constituents of Galanthus spp. This review highlights that Galanthus spp. as the exciting sources for drug discovery and nutraceutical development. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7933568/ /pubmed/33679383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.552453 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kong, Low, Siew, Yap, Khaw, Ming, Mocan, Goh and Goh. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pharmacology
Kong, Chee Kei
Low, Liang Ee
Siew, Wei Sheng
Yap, Wei-Hsum
Khaw, Kooi-Yeong
Ming, Long Chiau
Mocan, Andrei
Goh, Bey-Hing
Goh, Poh Hui
Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
title Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
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title_fullStr Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
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title_short Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
title_sort biological activities of snowdrop (galanthus spp., family amaryllidaceae)
topic Pharmacology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33679383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.552453
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