Chemical composition and medicinal significance of Fagonia cretica: a review.
Members of the family Zygophyllaceae are distributed in arid areas of the world and are traditionally used against various health insults ranging from skin lesions to lethal cancer. Fagonia cretica Linn. is a plant having novel compounds responsive in diseases that are still considered as incurable or are curable with serious side effects. Researchers, particularly of the Asian region elaborately studied the chemical composition and pharmacological activities of this plant. But further studies are still required to evaluate this plant in clinical trials in order to save humanity from synthetic chemical drugs yet disputed as 'friends or foe'.
a Department of Botany , PMAS Arid Agriculture University , Rawalpindi 46000 , Pakistan.
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Qureshi
a Department of Botany , PMAS Arid Agriculture University , Rawalpindi 46000 , Pakistan.
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Asif
b Department of Biosciences , COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) , Park Road Chakshahzad, Islamabad , Pakistan.
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Ahmed
c Department of Food Science and Nutrition , College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University , P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451 , Saudi Arabia.
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Al-Kahtani
c Department of Food Science and Nutrition , College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University , P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451 , Saudi Arabia.
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Hayat
D000818:Animals; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012502:Sapogenins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D028461:Zygophyllaceae / Q000737:chemistry*
D005419:Flavonoids; D064209:Phytochemicals; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012502:Sapogenins; D012503:Saponins
Ardhabilva Kvatha Curna; Fagonia cretica; Zygophyllaceae; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidant activity; ethnomedicinal uses; phytochemistry