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The importance of Artemisia L. genus for human health
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2019 |
Introduction. Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of genus Artemisia L. and their sustainable conservation yield reliable biologically active substances of pharmacological importance, for better human health. Artemisia has attracted attention of the world when it commanded a Nobel prize regarding its use in traditional medicine for combating malaria [2]. In growing scientific literature, the genus Artemisia L. is one of the largest in the Asteraceae (Bercht. & J. Presl) family, consisting more than 500 species which are widespread over the world. A large number of members of the Artemisia grows in Europe, North America, South Asia, Australia, Africa [1; 3]. Most of Artemisia species are perennial, biannual, annual herbaceous ornamental, medicinal, spice and aromatic plant or semi-shrubs [1]. The aim of this this study is to present conducted research with some promising species of the Artemisia and to discuss about phytochemical and pharmacological effects on human health. Materials and Methods. The literature search was conducted on two electronic databases. These databases were PMC (PubMed Central) and PubMed (2012–2017). The search strategies were specific to database with the keywords that reflected Artemisia, pharmacological/phytochemical studies and human health. The search was performed using the following integrated keywords that consisted of complex words: ,,phytochemical analysis of Artemisia”. A search using the main keywords yielded a large number of articles on Artemisia L. and phytochemical analysis. When the search was limited to empirical studies about different Artemisia genus species and their biologically active compounds. Results and discussion. Literature studies showed that Artemisia L. genus harbours important medicinal, spice, aromatic plant species which have been used since ancient times for pharmacological and certain culinary purpose.[...]