TY - JOUR
T1 - Convolvulus plant—A comprehensive review from phytochemical composition to pharmacy
AU - Salehi, Bahare
AU - Krochmal-Marczak, Barbara
AU - Skiba, Dominika
AU - Patra, Jayanta Kumar
AU - Das, Swagat Kumar
AU - Das, Gitishree
AU - Popović-Djordjević, Jelena B.
AU - Kostić, Aleksandar
AU - Anil Kumar, Nanjangud V.
AU - Tripathi, Ayushi
AU - Al-Snafi, Ali Esmail
AU - Arserim-Uçar, Dılhun Keriman
AU - Konovalov, Dmitry Alekseevich
AU - Csupor, Dezső
AU - Shukla, Ila
AU - Azmi, Lubna
AU - Mishra, Abhay Prakash
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Javad
AU - Sawicka, Barbara
AU - Martins, Natália
AU - Taheri, Yasaman
AU - Fokou, Patrick Valere Tsouh
AU - Capasso, Raffaele
AU - Martorell, Miquel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Convolvulus genus is a representative of the family of Convolvulaceae. Convolvulus plants are broadly distributed all over the world and has been used for many centuries as herbal medicine. Convolvulus genus contains various phytochemicals such as flavonoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, phenolic compounds, mucilage, unsaturated sterols or terpenes, resin, tannins, lactones, and proteins. This review highlights the phytochemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, application as food preservative, traditional medicine use, anticancer activities, and clinical effectiveness in human of Convolvulus plants. All the parts of Convolvulus plants possess therapeutic benefits; preliminary pharmacological data validated their use in traditional medicine. However, further preclinical and clinical experiments are warranted before any application in human health.
AB - Convolvulus genus is a representative of the family of Convolvulaceae. Convolvulus plants are broadly distributed all over the world and has been used for many centuries as herbal medicine. Convolvulus genus contains various phytochemicals such as flavonoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, phenolic compounds, mucilage, unsaturated sterols or terpenes, resin, tannins, lactones, and proteins. This review highlights the phytochemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, application as food preservative, traditional medicine use, anticancer activities, and clinical effectiveness in human of Convolvulus plants. All the parts of Convolvulus plants possess therapeutic benefits; preliminary pharmacological data validated their use in traditional medicine. However, further preclinical and clinical experiments are warranted before any application in human health.
KW - Convolvulus
KW - anticancer
KW - antimicrobial
KW - antioxidant
KW - food preservative
KW - pharmacological properties
KW - traditional uses
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85075003996
U2 - 10.1002/ptr.6540
DO - 10.1002/ptr.6540
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 31713286
AN - SCOPUS:85075003996
SN - 0951-418X
VL - 34
SP - 315
EP - 328
JO - Phytotherapy Research
JF - Phytotherapy Research
IS - 2
ER -
