A Review on Traditional Uses and Pharmacological Importance of Genus Elaeagnus Species
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A Review on Traditional Uses and Pharmacological Importance of Genus Elaeagnus Species Nausheen Nazir 1,3 & Muhammad Zahoor 1 & Mohammad Nisar 2 1
Department of Bio Chemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir (L), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18800, Pakistan 2 Department of Botany, University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir (L), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18800, Pakistan; email: [email protected] 3 Author for Correspondence; e-mail: [email protected] # The New York Botanical Garden 2020
Abstract Family Elaeagnaceae is also known as oleaster family having three genera: Hippophae, Shepherdia and Elaeagnus, and about 70–80 species found worldwide. The multipurpose uses of genus Elaeagnus, their pharmacological significances and diverse chemical composition make them worthy of investigation and exploration for botanists and phytochemists. This critical review summarizes the botanical distribution, phytochemical constituents, and biological activities of various species of genus Elaeagnus. The online published material/papers available at different search engines were studied to compile this review. The existing literature available on search engines like Web of Science, PubMed, Science Direct, Springer, Elsevier, Scopus, Taylor and Francis, ACS publications, Google Scholar and Wiley On-line Library, was screened to collect relevant data. Elaeagnus species are widely used to treat a number of health issues due to their God gifted phytochemical compositions having great beneficial health applications. Phytochemical and biological evaluation studies have revealed the presence of essential chemical constituents like flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, terpenoids, lignanoids, organic acids, coumarins, alkaloids, steroids, vitamin C, lycopene, and polyphenols in Elaeagnus species that are responsible for their remarkable observed biological activities like antioxidant, antidiabetic, antibacterial, muscle relaxant effect, anti-diarrheal, antinociceptive, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, and anti-amnesic activities. This review presents the importance of some species of genus Elaeagnus in terms of their traditional medicinal uses, phytochemical composition as well as potential pharmacological properties. However, bio-guided isolation studies are needed to understand the role of a particular compound in the observed biological activities. Keywords Medicinal plants . Elaeagnaceae family . Elaeagnus species . Traditional .
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Abbreviations E Elaeagnus AD Alzheimer’s disease PD Parkinson’s disease AOB Autumn olive berry NR Not reported DNA Deoxy ribonucleic acid WHO World health organization
Introduction Pakistan has a rich history of medicinal plants and one can get a lot of information on plant based drugs of therapeutic and preventive importance, even from a common man. Medicinal plants play a key role in providing food and raw material for pharmaceutical industries. In Pakistan, the primary health care system is mostly dependent on traditional uses of med
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