Artemisia campestris L.: Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological review

作者:Dib Ikram; Angenot Luc; Mihamou Atika; Ziyyat Abderrahim*; Tit** Monique
来源:Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2017, 7: 1-10.
DOI:10.1016/j.hermed.2016.10.005

摘要

Artemisia campestris L. (Asteraceae) is a perennial herb, commonly known as field wormwood. It is widespread in Asia, North America, Europe and North Africa. The different parts of this plant are used as anthelmintic, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, emmenagogue, antivenom, and to treat digestive and cutaneous problems. An exhaustive bibliographic research of this plant has been carried out by means of scientific engines and databases like Google Scholar, PubMed, Science direct and SciFinder; as a result, it has been found that this herb possesses a rich phytochemical content and a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, insecticidal, antibacterial, antimutagenic, antivenom and antitumor effects. In an aim to highlight the importance of A. campestris L., this review has been established by discussing its ethnomedicinal, morphological, ecological, phytochemical, pharmacological and toxicological studies.

  • 出版日期2017-3