A Review of Botany and Pharmacological Effect and Chemical Composition of Echinophora Species Growing in Iran

Zohreh Hosseini; Zahra Lorigooini; Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei; Hamzeh Ali Shirmardi; Kamal Solati

A Review of Botany and Pharmacological Effect and Chemical Composition of Echinophora Species Growing in Iran

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Pharmacognosy Research,2017,9,4,305-312.

DOI:10.4103/pr.pr_22_17

Published:November 2017

Type:Review Article

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Zohreh Hosseini¹, Zahra Lorigooini², Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei², Hamzeh Ali Shirmardi³, Kamal Solati⁴

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, IRAN.

²Medical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IRAN.

³Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Shahrekord, IRAN.

⁴Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IRAN.

Abstract:

This review was conducted to investigate the botany, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties of Echinophora species. The information of this review was obtained by searching for keywords Apiaceae, Echinophora, pharmacological effects, and traditional and modern medicine in scientific articles and books published in search engines Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, and Web of Science. The traditional uses of Echinophora and the existence of valuable phytochemicals in the plant have led to isolation and drug discovery of natural medicines such as antibiotic, analgesics, and anticancer drugs, and the beneficial effects of these plants can widely be used in healthcare.

Keywords:Botany, Chemical composition, Echinophora, Modern medicine, Traditional medicine

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(a) E. cinerea (Boiss.) Hedge and Lamond (picture of author), (b) E. platyloba DC (picture of author), (c) E. orientalis Hedge and Lamond (35), (d) E. sibthorpiana Guss (36)

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