Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2272: Symphytum Species: A Comprehensive Review on Chemical Composition, Food Applications and Phytopharmacology

Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2272: Symphytum Species: A Comprehensive Review on Chemical Composition, Food Applications and Phytopharmacology Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24122272 Authors: Salehi Sharopov Boyunegmez Tumer Ozleyen Rodríguez‐Pérez Ezzat Azzini Hosseinabadi Butnariu Sarac Bostan Acharya Sen Nur Kasapoglu Daşkaya-Dikmen Özçelik Baghalpour Sharifi-Rad Valere Tsouh Fokou Cho Martins Symphytum species belongs to the Boraginaceae family and have been used for centuries for bone breakages, sprains and rheumatism, liver problems, gastritis, ulcers, skin problems, joint pain and contusions, wounds, gout, hematomas and thrombophlebitis. Considering the innumerable potentialities of the Symphytum species and their widespread use in the world, it is extremely important to provide data compiling the available literature to identify the areas of intense research and the main gaps in order to design future studies. The present review aims at summarizing the main data on the therapeutic indications of the Symphytum species based on the current evidence, also emphasizing data on both the efficacy and adverse effects. The present review was carried out by consulting PubMed (Medline), Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database, Science Direct and Google Scholar (as a search engine) databases to retrieve the most updated articles on this topic. All articles were carefully analyzed by the authors to ...
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