Bioactive compounds and health benefits of edible Rumex species-A review

Abhay Prakash Mishra; Mehdi Sharifi-Rad; Mohammad Ali Shariati; Yahia N Mabkhot; Salim S Al-Showiman; Abdur Rauf; Bahare Salehi; Milan Župunski; Majid Sharifi-Rad; Poonam Gusain; Javad Sharifi-Rad; Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria; Marcello Iriti

doi:10.14715/cmb/2018.64.8.5

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Vol. 64 No. 8: Biosynthesis, metabolism and biological activities of natural products from medicinal and food plants

Issue Published : July 5, 2018

Bioactive compounds and health benefits of edible Rumex species-A review

https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2018.64.8.5

Abhay Prakash Mishra

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, H.N.B. Garhwal (A Central) University Srinagar Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India

Mehdi Sharifi-Rad

Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

Mohammad Ali Shariati

Head of Research Department, LLC «Science & Education», Russia

Yahia N Mabkhot

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 1451; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Salim S Al-Showiman

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 1451; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdur Rauf

Department of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Anbar-23561, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Bahare Salehi

Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Milan Župunski

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, Novi Sad, Serbia

Majid Sharifi-Rad

Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

Poonam Gusain

Regional Science Center, Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun 248007, India

Javad Sharifi-Rad

Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria

UQ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia

Marcello Iriti

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy

Corresponding Author(s) : Javad Sharifi-Rad

javad.sharifirad@gmail.com

Cellular and Molecular Biology, Vol. 64 No. 8: Biosynthesis, metabolism and biological activities of natural products from medicinal and food plants
Article Published : June 25, 2018

Abstract

Medicinal and food plants as well as their bioactive fractions have been used by diverse human cultures since ancient times. These plants provide multiple health benefits because of the presence of a plethora of phytochemicals including phenylpropanoids, isoprenoids, alkaloids, sulphated compounds, peptides and polysaccharides that are responsible for various biological activities such as anticancer, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-dysenteric, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, anti-hypertensive and anticoagulant properties. The genus Rumex includes edible and medicinal herbs belonging to buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family, consisting of about 200 species rich in phenylpropanoids and anthraquinones. Some Rumex species have exhibited health-promoting effects and have been used as traditional foods and herbal remedies, though a limited information has been documented on their specific biological properties. Therefore, this survey aimed at reviewing the Rumex species with documented biological activity, focusing on preclinical evidences on their efficacy and safety.

Keywords

Polygonaceae Buckwheat Functional foods Nutraceuticals Traditional foods Herbal remedies.

Prakash Mishra, A., Sharifi-Rad, M., Shariati, M. A., Mabkhot, Y. N., Al-Showiman, S. S., Rauf, A., Salehi, B., Župunski, M., Sharifi-Rad, M., Gusain, P., Sharifi-Rad, J., Suleria, H. A. R., & Iriti, M. (2018). Bioactive compounds and health benefits of edible Rumex species-A review. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 64(8), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2018.64.8.5