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Convolvulus plant—A comprehensive review from phytochemical composition to pharmacy

2019; Wiley; Volume: 34; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ptr.6540

1099-1573

Bahare Salehi, Barbara Krochmal‐Marczak, Dominika Skiba, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Swagat Kumar Das, Gitishree Das, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević, Aleksandar Ž. Kostić, N. V. Anil Kumar, Ayushi Tripathi, Ali Esmail Al‐Snafi, Dılhun Keriman Arserim‐Uçar, Д. А. Коновалов, Dezső Csupor, Ila Shukla, Lubna Azmi, Abhay Prakash Mishra, Javad Sharifi‐Rad, Barbara Sawicka, Natália Martins, Yasaman Taheri, Patrick Valère Tsouh Fokou, Raffaele Capasso, Miquel Martorell,

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

Convolvulus genus is a representative of the family of Convolvulaceae. Convolvulus plants are broadly distributed all over the world and has been used for many centuries as herbal medicine. Convolvulus genus contains various phytochemicals such as flavonoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, phenolic compounds, mucilage, unsaturated sterols or terpenes, resin, tannins, lactones, and proteins. This review highlights the phytochemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, application as food preservative, traditional medicine use, anticancer activities, and clinical effectiveness in human of Convolvulus plants. All the parts of Convolvulus plants possess therapeutic benefits; preliminary pharmacological data validated their use in traditional medicine. However, further preclinical and clinical experiments are warranted before any application in human health.