Leishmaniosis phytotherapy: Review of plants used in Iranian traditional medicine on leishmaniasis
Many native plants in traditional medicine have been used for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the recent clinical trials have proven the efficacy of some of them. Researches conducted on these plants have shown that garlic, shallots, wormwood, yarrow, walnuts, thyme, henna plant, mimosa...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3ab3dec054fd4387a378ae86289b746b 2023-05-15T15:04:34+02:00 Leishmaniosis phytotherapy: Review of plants used in Iranian traditional medicine on leishmaniasis Mahmoud Bahmani Kourosh Saki Behrouz Ezatpour Somayeh Shahsavari Zohreh Eftekhari Mahyar Jelodari Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei Reza Sepahvand 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.05.018 https://doaj.org/article/3ab3dec054fd4387a378ae86289b746b EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115001537 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.05.018 https://doaj.org/article/3ab3dec054fd4387a378ae86289b746b Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 5, Iss 9, Pp 695-701 (2015) Leishmania Leishmaniasis Native medicinal plants Iran Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.05.018 2022-12-31T03:50:50Z Many native plants in traditional medicine have been used for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the recent clinical trials have proven the efficacy of some of them. Researches conducted on these plants have shown that garlic, shallots, wormwood, yarrow, walnuts, thyme, henna plant, mimosa, aloe, wood betony, medlar, periwinkle, yeah, savory, black beans, etc. are effective on cutaneous leishmania. Synthetic agents in Iranian market have some disadvantages such as high cost and side effects and are painful in injections. Given the effectiveness of these plants, they can be a source of natural and safe compounds for the treatment of Leishmania. Therefore, more clinical researches should be done to determine the effectiveness and safety of these medicinal plants, their active ingredients and their possible toxic substances which can lead to the production of effective and safe drugs for leishmaniasis. It also might be an effective way to prepare herbal ointment on wound healing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Savory ENVELOPE(-125.170,-125.170,54.100,54.100) Henna ENVELOPE(8.404,8.404,63.133,63.133) Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 5 9 695 701 |
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Many native plants in traditional medicine have been used for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the recent clinical trials have proven the efficacy of some of them. Researches conducted on these plants have shown that garlic, shallots, wormwood, yarrow, walnuts, thyme, henna plant, mimosa, aloe, wood betony, medlar, periwinkle, yeah, savory, black beans, etc. are effective on cutaneous leishmania. Synthetic agents in Iranian market have some disadvantages such as high cost and side effects and are painful in injections. Given the effectiveness of these plants, they can be a source of natural and safe compounds for the treatment of Leishmania. Therefore, more clinical researches should be done to determine the effectiveness and safety of these medicinal plants, their active ingredients and their possible toxic substances which can lead to the production of effective and safe drugs for leishmaniasis. It also might be an effective way to prepare herbal ointment on wound healing. |
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Mahmoud Bahmani Kourosh Saki Behrouz Ezatpour Somayeh Shahsavari Zohreh Eftekhari Mahyar Jelodari Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei Reza Sepahvand |
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Leishmaniosis phytotherapy: Review of plants used in Iranian traditional medicine on leishmaniasis |
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Leishmaniosis phytotherapy: Review of plants used in Iranian traditional medicine on leishmaniasis |
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