TY - JOUR
T1 - Echinacea plants as antioxidant and antibacterial agents
T2 - From traditional medicine to biotechnological applications
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi
AU - Mnayer, Dima
AU - Morais-Braga, Maria Flaviana Bezerra
AU - Carneiro, Joara Nályda Pereira
AU - Bezerra, Camila Fonseca
AU - Coutinho, Henrique Douglas Melo
AU - Salehi, Bahare
AU - Martorell, Miquel
AU - del Mar Contreras, María
AU - Soltani-Nejad, Azam
AU - Uribe, Yoshie Adriana Hata
AU - Yousaf, Zubaida
AU - Iriti, Marcello
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Javad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - The genus Echinacea consists of 11 taxa of herbaceous and perennial flowering plants. In particular, Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench is widely cultivated all over the United States, Canada, and in Europe, exclusively in Germany, for its beauty and reported medicinal properties. Echinacea extracts have been used traditionally as wound healing to improve the immune system and to treat respiratory symptoms caused by bacterial infections. Echinacea extracts have demonstrated antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, and to be safe. This survey aims at reviewing the medicinal properties of Echinacea species, their cultivation, chemical composition, and the potential uses of these plants as antioxidant and antibacterial agents in foods and in a clinical context. Moreover, the factors affecting the chemical composition of Echinacea spp. are also covered.
AB - The genus Echinacea consists of 11 taxa of herbaceous and perennial flowering plants. In particular, Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench is widely cultivated all over the United States, Canada, and in Europe, exclusively in Germany, for its beauty and reported medicinal properties. Echinacea extracts have been used traditionally as wound healing to improve the immune system and to treat respiratory symptoms caused by bacterial infections. Echinacea extracts have demonstrated antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, and to be safe. This survey aims at reviewing the medicinal properties of Echinacea species, their cultivation, chemical composition, and the potential uses of these plants as antioxidant and antibacterial agents in foods and in a clinical context. Moreover, the factors affecting the chemical composition of Echinacea spp. are also covered.
KW - Asteraceae
KW - Echinacea purpurea
KW - ethnobotany
KW - ethnopharmacology
KW - herbal remedies
KW - immunomodulatory activity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85046719249
U2 - 10.1002/ptr.6101
DO - 10.1002/ptr.6101
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 29749084
AN - SCOPUS:85046719249
SN - 0951-418X
VL - 32
SP - 1653
EP - 1663
JO - Phytotherapy Research
JF - Phytotherapy Research
IS - 9
ER -