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Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review
Natural products endowed of biological activity represent a primary source of commodities ranging from nutrition to therapeutic agents, as well as cosmetic tools and recreational principles. These natural means have been used by mankind for centuries, if not millennia. They are commonly used all ove...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154507 |
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author | Mesa, Camillo La Ranalison, Oliarinony Randriantseheno, Lovasoa N. Risuleo, Gianfranco |
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description | Natural products endowed of biological activity represent a primary source of commodities ranging from nutrition to therapeutic agents, as well as cosmetic tools and recreational principles. These natural means have been used by mankind for centuries, if not millennia. They are commonly used all over the world in socio-economical contexts, but are particularly attractive in disadvantaged areas or economically emerging situations all over the world. This is very likely due to the relatively easy recovery of these bioactive principles from the environment, at a low if any cost, as well as ease of administration and the general popular compliance concerning their consumption/ingestion. In this concise review, we focus on some popular bioactive principles of botanical origin which find a wide use in the Madagascan populations. However, due to space limitations, only some of the most common and largely diffused principles in this country are considered. Finally, a possible nanotechnological administration is discussed in the case where a potential therapeutic usage is envisaged. |
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spelling | pubmed-83486912021-08-08 Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review Mesa, Camillo La Ranalison, Oliarinony Randriantseheno, Lovasoa N. Risuleo, Gianfranco Molecules Review Natural products endowed of biological activity represent a primary source of commodities ranging from nutrition to therapeutic agents, as well as cosmetic tools and recreational principles. These natural means have been used by mankind for centuries, if not millennia. They are commonly used all over the world in socio-economical contexts, but are particularly attractive in disadvantaged areas or economically emerging situations all over the world. This is very likely due to the relatively easy recovery of these bioactive principles from the environment, at a low if any cost, as well as ease of administration and the general popular compliance concerning their consumption/ingestion. In this concise review, we focus on some popular bioactive principles of botanical origin which find a wide use in the Madagascan populations. However, due to space limitations, only some of the most common and largely diffused principles in this country are considered. Finally, a possible nanotechnological administration is discussed in the case where a potential therapeutic usage is envisaged. MDPI 2021-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8348691/ /pubmed/34361660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154507 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mesa, Camillo La Ranalison, Oliarinony Randriantseheno, Lovasoa N. Risuleo, Gianfranco Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title | Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title_full | Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title_fullStr | Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title_short | Natural Products from Madagascar, Socio-Cultural Usage, and Potential Applications in Advanced Biomedicine: A Concise Review |
title_sort | natural products from madagascar, socio-cultural usage, and potential applications in advanced biomedicine: a concise review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154507 |
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