The Chemical Benefits and Pharmaceutical Advantages of Common Rue

ISBN-13: 9786206156543 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Wenli Sun; Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian; Mehdi Khoshkharam

Opis

Four major classes of substances that can be found in aerial parts of rue are alkaloids of quinoline, quinolinone, furoquinoline, pyranoquinoline, and acridone, flavonoids like rutin, essential oil such as 2-nonanone, 2-nonylacetate, 2-undecyl acetate, and coumarins like coumarin, dicoumarins, furanocoumarins, pyranocoumarins and coumarin-naphtochinone-compounds. Most of its aromatic and medicinal properties are from its rutin, methylnonilctone and essential oil. It has been used in folk medicines as a stimulant, abortifacient, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anthelmintic, antirheumatic, antiepileptic, and appropriate because of its pharmacological traits such as antimicrobial, antidepressant, antihyperlipedimic, antihyperglycemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-cancer, antiandrogenic, insect repellent and larvicidal.

O autorze

Dr. Wenli Sun is an associate professor working on related topics of traditional Chinese medicine, biotechnology, allelopathic influence and sustainable agriculture. She is also working on topics that are related to Biotechnology and Molecular Science.