The most common herbal medicines affecting Sarcomastigophora branches: A review study
10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60198-X
- Author:
Mahmoud BAHMANI
1
;
Kourosh SAKI
2
;
Mahmoud RAFIEIAN-KOPAEI
3
;
Seyed Ahmad KARAMATI
4
;
Zohre EFTEKHARI
5
;
Zohre EFTEKHARI
;
Mahyar JELODARI
6
;
Mahyar JELODARI
7
Author Information
1. Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences
2. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
3. Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
4. Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
5. Institute of Biomedical Research, Postdoc of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University
6. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University
7. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Amoeba;
Herbal medicine;
Leishmania;
Medicinal plants;
Protozoa;
Sarcomastigophora branches;
Trichomonas, Giardia;
Trypanosoma
- From:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
2014;7(S1):S14-S21
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Parasitic diseases cause annual mortality of more than 200 thousand people. Currently many drugs are used to treat parasitic diseases; however, they are mostly expensive, toxic, with side effects and drug resistance. Medicinal plants have been shown to represent natural source of cheap drugs with low toxicity. In this review article, the most common and most effective herbal medicines on pathogenic protozoan Sarcomastigophora branches such as Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Amoeba, Trichomonas and Giardia were reviewed. The recently published papers about different drugs as well as herbal medicines as alternative for synthetic drugs were searched using scientific sites such as Medline, PubMed and Google Scholar. The used terms included: Medicinal plants, herbal medicine, protozoa, Trypanosoma, Sarcomastigophora branches, Leishmania, Amoeba, Trichomonas or Giardia.
