scholarly journals Medicinal Plants in Physical Exercise: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Nikole Costa Dias ◽  
Natália Pandolfi Marinho ◽  
Sandra Maria Barbalho ◽  
Adriano Cressoni Araújo ◽  
Claudia Rucco Penteado Detregiachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Fatigue Effect ◽  
Ephedra Sinica ◽  
Muscular Pain ◽  
Energetic State ◽  
Efficient Alternative ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Intense Activity

Background: The use of medicinal plants may have an effective action on the performance of athletes. Aims: This review aimed to evaluate the effects of the use of medicinal plants and some phytocompounds on physical performance. Methodology: MEDLINE/PUBMED and EMBASE were consulted following the PRISMA guidelines. Results: Panax ginseng increases the anti-fatigue effect, decreases the stress promoted by the physical exercise, and improves muscular function through gene expression enhancement. Arnica montana has a crucial anti-inflammatory action showing relief of muscular pain a. Zingiber officinale has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic role on muscular pain, and it can be used to speed up the recovery of muscular strength after intense activity. Ephedra sinica is related to thermogenic and sympathomimetic effects, being able to increase the energetic state. Capsaicin increases the energetic expenditure due to fat oxidation, promotes the anti-fatigue effect, and enhances the athlete’s resistance. Caffeine has ergogenic importance related to its antioxidant capacity, and it improves mental alertness condition. Conclusion: The nutritional supplementation with products derived from medicinal plants may be an efficient alternative to improve the athlete’s performance, being a natural substitute for synthetic supplements, which usually are forbidden in competitions.

scholarly journals PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF OINTMENT BASED ON ZINGIBER OFFICINALE EXTRACT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidiia Eberle ◽  
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Alona Kobernik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Diclofenac Sodium ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Biologically Active Substances ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ginger Extract ◽  
Inflammatory Reactions ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Active Substances

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac sodium are widely known drugs for the treatment of inflammatory reactions. Prolonged use of drugs inevitably leads to the development of adverse reactions and reduced immunity of patients. Since the reduction of the "drug load" is an urgent task in this situation, an alternative direction to solve it is the use of natural therapeutic factors, the rehabilitation capabilities of which in these conditions are very appropriate and effective. There is a whole arsenal of medicinal plants in the world, they contain a complex of biologically active substances and are not inferior in therapeutic properties to synthetic agents. Among such medicinal plants is Zingiber officinale, which for the past 10 years is actively grown in Ukraine in the city of Kherson. The study shows the relevance of making a mild drug based on a thick extract of the rhizome of Zingiber officinale. It is proved that the extract belongs to low-toxic compounds, which allows its use in the composition of drugs for transdermal administration. An ointment was made on the basis of a thick ginger extract with a content of biologically active substances of 0.025%. The content was standardized according to the content of the sum of polyphenolic compounds. Inflammation was induced by subplantar injection to the plantar fasciitis (aponeurosis) of the hind limb of rats using 30 µL AITC solution (100 µg/limb) in 1,2-propyleneglycol. The dynamics of changes of inflammatory process was evaluated before addition of the inflammation inducer and after 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 24 hours of its injection for measuring the volume and the thickness of affected limb. Ointment based on ginger extract has a high level of anti-inflammatory properties, which is shown on the basis of the positive dynamics of changes in the morphological parameters of the affected limbs of animals. Prophylactic application of the phytopreparation two days before the start of the experiment helped to block the development of inflammation in comparison with the control group and the reference drug – ibuprofen ointment. The soft dosage form created and studied by us based on the thick extract of Zingiber officinale is an effective anti-inflammatory agent that can not only treat inflammation, but also block its development under previous prophylactic applications.

Traditional aspects to sciatic pain and allied therapies from Persian medical reports

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramin Ansari ◽  
Amirhossein Dadbakhsh ◽  
Fatemeh Hasani ◽  
Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Zohreh Abolhassanzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Sciatic Pain ◽  
Novel Drugs ◽  
Zingiber Officinale Roscoe ◽  
Medical Reports ◽  
Traditional Persian Medicine ◽  
Increasing Demand

: Sciatica is a common back pain caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve. Current pharmacologic therapies have proven inadequate for many patients with sciatic pain. On the other hand, there is a global increasing demand toward the use and administration of natural medicaments for this disorder. Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) is a school of medicine and a medicinal plant based resource for clinical studies put forward by Persian scholars. The aim of the present study is to gather and study the effectiveness of all medicinal plants from five main Persian pharmacopeias. Furthermore, different data bases such as PubMed and Scopus have been checked to derive relevant activities for these plants. In all, 99 medicinal plants related to 42 families have been authenticated. Asteraceae and Apiaceae were the most frequent families and Roots and Seeds were the most reported botanical parts. The employed routs of administration were oral (54%), topical (33%) and rectal (13%). Anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity and anti-nociceptive properties of medicines are known as some main mechanisms to manage sciatic pain. These functions are possessed by 30%, 15%, and 15% of the studied plants, respectively. Medicaments that can be introduced as lead agents for further investigation are Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Olea europaea L., Strychnos nux-vomica L and Artemisia vulgaris L which showed all of these properties in previous studies. Hence, conducting adducible clinical trials using these lead agents may lead to novel drugs with lesser undesirable and much more therapeutic effects on controlling sciatic pain.

scholarly journals Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects of Jeju medicinal plants against acne-inducing bacteria

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Suk Kim ◽  
Ji-Young Kim ◽  
Nam Ho Lee ◽  
Chang-Gu Hyun
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Development of reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for determination of selected antihypertensive active flavonoids (rutin, myricetin, quercetin, and kaempferol) in medicinal plants found in Botswana

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katso Binang ◽  
David T. Takuwa
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Hplc Method ◽  
Reverse Phase ◽  
Rp Hplc ◽  
Lippia Javanica

Abstract The aim of the study was to develop a rapid, efficient, and cheap chromatographic method for determining four selected antihypertensive active flavonoid compounds in medicinal plants in Botswana. The determination of rutin, quercetin, and kaempferol in selected medicinal plants was conducted in less than 6 min using the developed reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method with a 2.7 µm Ascentis C18 express column (150 × 4.60 mm i.d) at 340, 360, and 368 nm detection wavelengths and mobile phase of methanol and 0.068% of formic acid solution in isocratic elution. Validation results showed good selectivity, linearity (r 2 > 0.99), high percentage recoveries (90.2–104.7%), and precision (% RSD < 2) for n = 3, confirming suitability of the method for determination of the investigated flavonoids in Zingiber officinale (ginger). Application of the developed RP-HPLC method was performed in selected medicinal plants (Lippia javanica ) (mosukujane), Myrothanmus flabellious (galalatshwene), and Elephantorrhiza elephantina (mositsana) used to manage hypertension by herbalists in Botswana. M. flabellious a very commonly used plant for managing hypertension was found to contain highest amounts of rutin and myricetin, whereas nothing was detected for E. elephantina.

Medicinal Herbs with Anti-Inflammatory Activities for Natural and Organic Healing

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Cannabis Sativa ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Nigella Sativa ◽  
Centella Asiatica ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Clinical Experiments

: One of the principal causes of different disorders is an uncontrolled inflammatory response. Alkaloids, flavonoids, polyphenolic, proanthocyanidin, terpenoid, and steroid compounds are the main reasons for the anti-inflammatory activities of medicinal herbs and plants. The current manuscript introduces a series of potential anti-inflammatory plants, particularly those which are routines in Iranian and Chinese traditional herbal medicine, and simplifies the function and mechanisms of natural constituents for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disorders. PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Wiley Online Library, Springer, Taylor, Francis, etc., have been used to search for collecting of scientific publications for a full evaluation of current documentation in the literature showing the importance of medicinal plants with anti-inflammatory characteristics and natural medicines. The most notable medicinal plants with anti-inflammatory activities are Baccharis dracunculifolia, Aconitum bulleyanum, Crateya adansonii, Alliums spp., Centella asiatica, Flos lonicerae, Corydalis dubia, Syringae folium, Coptis chinensis, Casearia decandra, Nigella sativa, Cannabis sativa, Tamarindus indica L., Glycyrrhiza glabra, Panax ginseng, Panax notoginseng, Pistacia vera, Smilax china, Scutellaria baicalensis, Rosemarinus officinalis, Moringa olifera, Pulsatilla radix, Pistacia atlantica, Rullia tuberose, Canarium album, Dodonaea polyandra, Forsythia suspense, Polygala tenuifolia, Radiz Isatidis, Hypericum sampsonii, Geranium koreanum, Typha capensis, Isatidis folium, Ginkgo biloba, Houttuynia cordata, snow lotus, etc. Herbal medicine mainly uses numerous parts of plants or combinations of them to prevent and remedy diseases and promote health. More investigations and clinical experiments are needed to provide more information on the importance of medicinal plants as well as their roles in the treatment and prevention of inflammatory diseases.

Molecular pharmacology of inflammation: Medicinal plants as anti-inflammatory agents

2019 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 126-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shumaila Tasneem ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
M. Iqbal Choudhary ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Molecular Pharmacology ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Medicinal plants’ use among patients with dyslipidemia: an Iranian cross-sectional survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hashem Hashempur ◽  
Seyed Hamdollah Mosavat ◽  
Mojtaba Heydari ◽  
Mesbah Shams
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Herbal Preparations ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
High Prevalence

Abstract Background Despite growing demand for medicinal plants, there is little data about their use by patients with dyslipidemia. We aimed to determine the prevalence, pattern, and associated factors for the use of medicinal plants among patients with dyslipidemia. Methods A 17-item semi-structured questionnaire was filled out by 195 patients with dyslipidemia in a cross-sectional study carried out in two academic endocrinology clinics in Shiraz, Iran. The questionnaire comprised of three main domains of demographic data (6 questions), clinical data (2 of them), and data related to the use of medicinal plants (totally 9 questions). Results A total of 77.4% of patients took medicinal plants. The most common medicinal herbs used by dyslipidemic patients were Zataria multiflora, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, and Zingiber officinale. Duration of dyslipidemia was significantly longer in herbal users than non-herbal users (p=0.04). Patients believing that concomitant use of conventional drugs and herbal preparations had synergic positive effects in addition to those persuaded that herbal preparations possessed less side effects, were significantly more likely to use medicinal plants (p=0.008 and 0.005, respectively). Additionally, most of the medicinal herb users (87.4%) changed neither the pattern nor the dosage of their medications all during herbal preparations use. Conclusions This study demonstrated a high prevalence of medicinal plants’ use among patients with dyslipidemia, which was associated with the duration of dyslipidemia, patients’ viewpoints about herbal preparations’ synergic positive effects, and their fewer side effects.

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