Anti-Inflammatory Bioactivities in Plant Extracts

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The medical ethnobotanical knowledge propagated over generations in the coastal regions of the EasternMediterranean, including Lebanon, is one that has built on several ancient cultures and civilizations of these regions. Recentinterest in medical ethnobotany and the use of medicinal herbs in treating or preventing ailments has rejuvenated interest infolk medicine practices, especially those transcendent across generations. According to Eastern Mediterranean folk medicinetracts or decoctions. Studies have shown that active anti-inflammatory ingredients in water extracts include many naturalchemicals such as phenols, alkaloids, glycosides, and carbohydrates. The intent of this manuscript is twofold: first, to reviewthe literature that describes anti-inflammatory bioactivities in plant extracts of different plant genera; and second, to evaluateindigenous folk remedies used by folk doctors to treat inflammatory ailments in this region of the world. For this aim, the re-ported literature of five plant genera assumed to possess anti-inflammatory bioactivities and typically prescribed by folk doc-tors to treat inflammation-related ailments is reviewed.

참고문헌 (Reference)

1 "The Natural History of Medicinal Plants" TimberPress, Inc., Portland, OR 2000

2 "Pharmacopeia on the Classification of Causes" Li-brairie du Liban Publishers 1994