TY - JOUR
T1 - Euphorbia-derived natural products with potential for use in health maintenance
AU - Salehi, Bahare
AU - Iriti, Marcello
AU - Vitalini, Sara
AU - Antolak, Hubert
AU - Pawlikowska, Ewelina
AU - Kręgiel, Dorota
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Javad
AU - Oyeleye, Sunday I.
AU - Ademiluyi, Adedayo O.
AU - Czopek, Katarzyna
AU - Staniak, Mariola
AU - Custódio, Luísa
AU - Coy-Barrera, Ericsson
AU - Segura-Carretero, Antonio
AU - de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea, María
AU - Capasso, Raffaele
AU - Cho, William C.
AU - Seca, Ana M.L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Euphorbia genus (Euphorbiaceae family), which is the third largest genus of angiosperm plants comprising ca. 2000 recognized species, is used all over the world in traditional medicine, especially in the traditional Chinese medicine. Members of this taxa are promptly recognizable by their specialized inflorescences and latex. In this review, an overview of Euphorbia-derived natural products such as essential oils, extracts, and pure compounds, active in a broad range of biological activities, and with potential usages in health maintenance, is described. The chemical composition of essential oils from Euphorbia species revealed the presence of more than 80 phytochemicals, mainly oxygenated sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons, while Euphorbia extracts contain secondary metabolites such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, sterols, flavonoids, and other polyphenols. The extracts and secondary metabolites from Euphorbia plants may act as active principles of medicines for the treatment of many human ailments, mainly inflammation, cancer, and microbial infections. Besides, Euphorbia-derived products have great potential as a source of bioactive extracts and pure compounds, which can be used to promote longevity with more health.
AB - Euphorbia genus (Euphorbiaceae family), which is the third largest genus of angiosperm plants comprising ca. 2000 recognized species, is used all over the world in traditional medicine, especially in the traditional Chinese medicine. Members of this taxa are promptly recognizable by their specialized inflorescences and latex. In this review, an overview of Euphorbia-derived natural products such as essential oils, extracts, and pure compounds, active in a broad range of biological activities, and with potential usages in health maintenance, is described. The chemical composition of essential oils from Euphorbia species revealed the presence of more than 80 phytochemicals, mainly oxygenated sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons, while Euphorbia extracts contain secondary metabolites such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, sterols, flavonoids, and other polyphenols. The extracts and secondary metabolites from Euphorbia plants may act as active principles of medicines for the treatment of many human ailments, mainly inflammation, cancer, and microbial infections. Besides, Euphorbia-derived products have great potential as a source of bioactive extracts and pure compounds, which can be used to promote longevity with more health.
KW - Anti-inflammation
KW - Anticancer
KW - Antimicrobial
KW - Bioactivity
KW - Essential oils
KW - Euphorbia
KW - Extracts
KW - Phytochemicals
KW - Terpenoids
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85070773450
U2 - 10.3390/biom9080337
DO - 10.3390/biom9080337
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 31382529
AN - SCOPUS:85070773450
SN - 2218-273X
VL - 9
JO - Biomolecules
JF - Biomolecules
IS - 8
M1 - 337
ER -
