AFRICAN MISTLETOES (LORANTHACEAE); ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL VALUES: AN UPDATE
AFRICAN MISTLETOES (LORANTHACEAE); ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL VALUES: AN UPDATE
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DOI：
10.4314/ajtcam.v10i4.26
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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Jacobs, Imoh E.
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作者：
Adesina, Simeon K.;Illoh, H. C.;Jacobs, Imoh E.
桑寄生科（Loranthaceae）和槲寄生科（Viscaceae）的槲寄生是半寄生植物，它们的制剂以可注射提取物、输液、酊剂、流体提取物或茶包的形式广泛用于几乎每个大陆的各种文化中，以治疗或管理各种健康问题，包括高血压、糖尿病、炎性病症、不规则排便、绝经、癫痫、关节炎、癌症、沿着介绍了生长在西非次区域的几种槲寄生的药用价值，并对其化学成分和当地用途进行了讨论。这些已经与生长在欧洲和亚洲其他地方的槲寄生（桑寄生科和槲寄生科）进行了比较。这篇综述试图更新我们对这些半寄生虫的价值的认识，这些半寄生虫属于Globimetula属，Phragmanthera属，Agelanthus属和Tapinanthus属，多年来一直被视为只有毁灭性的和臭名昭著的植物。它们也被视为附生经济，观赏和药用植物。半寄生植物（槲寄生）还没有得到很好的了解，因为人们对其生物学（分类学、宿主/植物关系、生态学、毒理学、生理特征等）知之甚少。和化学（化学成分概况）。然而，对各种粗醇提取物和纯化馏分进行的一些药理学研究表明，槲寄生显示出消肿、降血糖、抗血脂、抗氧化、抗炎、抗菌等作用，并且在所用剂量下对实验动物无毒。研究结果表明，如果研究和开发得当，槲寄生可以作为改善糖尿病、高血压、关节炎、疼痛、癌症和许多其他疾病等健康问题的药物。
Mistletoes of the Loranthaceae and Viscaceae are hemiparasitic plants and their preparations in the form of injectable extracts, infusions, tinctures, fluid extracts or tea bags are widely used in various cultures in almost every continent to treat or manage various health problems including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory conditions, irregular menstruations, menopause, epilepsy, arthritis, cancer, etc. The medicinal values of some species of Mistletoes (Loranthaceae) growing in the West African sub-region have been reviewed along with some considerations of their chemistries and local uses. These have been compared with Mistletoes (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) growing elsewhere in Europe and Asia. This review has attempted to update our knowledge on the values of these hemi-parasites which belong to the genera - Globimetula, Phragmanthera, Agelanthus and Tapinanthus, and which have, for years, been seen as only devastating and notorious plants. They are also seen as epiphyting economic, ornamental and medicinal plants. The hemi-parasitic plants (Mistletoes) are not well understood as very little is known about their biology (taxonomy, host/plant relationship, ecology, toxicology, physiological characteristics, etc.) and chemistry (chemical constituents' profile). Some pharmacological studies carried out on the various crude alcoholic extracts and purified fractions have, however, revealed that mistletoes showed hypotensive, hypoglycaemic, antilipidaemic, anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, etc. effects and were non-toxic in experimental animals at the doses used. The findings showed that mistletoes can be very useful as medicinal agents in ameliorating health problems such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, arthritis, pain, cancer and a host of other ailments if properly studied and developed.