Patented antiinflammatory plant drug development from traditional medicine
Abstract
Patents secured on antiinflammatory plant drugs derived from 38 plants are reviewed. An attempt has been made to compare the modern and traditional use of plant drugs and to establish the relevance of folk claims in developing modern drugs. The role of plant botanicals such as polysaccharides, terpenes, curcuminoids, alkaloids, etc. in alleviating inflammatory diseases including arthritis, rheumatism, acne skin allergy and ulcers is highlighted. Chemicals that alleviate swelling are derived from plants including grape, boswellia, turmeric, devil's claw and some essential oils such as clove, eucalyptus, rosemary, lavender, mint, myrrh, millefolia and pine have been patented and used as mixed formulations. Plants containing polysaccharides are the most potent in curing inflammatory diseases.
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Eucalyptus, rosemary, lavender, millefolia essential oils along with pine, clove and myrrh have been used as mixed formulations as anti-inflammatory agents.
“However, there are other examples of essential oils (eucalyptus, rosemary, lavender, millefolia) along with other plants (pine, clove and myrrh) that have been used as mixed formulations as anti-inflammatory agents [86].”
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- Authors
- Darshan, S., & Doreswamy, R.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Doreswamy, R.
- Venue
- Phytotherapy Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 343-357
- ISSN
- 0951-418X (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1573
- OpenAlex
- W2001743662
- Cited by
- 168
- References
- 24
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- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Phytotherapy Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Medicinal Plant Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Keywords
- patent analysis, traditional medicine, folk medicine, inflammatory diseases, arthritis, rheumatism, acne, ulcers, swelling, polysaccharides, terpenes, curcuminoids, alkaloids, Boswellia, turmeric, devil's claw, essential oils, mixed formulation, drug development
- MeSH terms
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Humans, Phytotherapy, Medicine, Traditional, Plant Extracts, Plants, Medicinal
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