Artemisia Species
Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa in Wild Plants, 2020
Artemisia is one of the largest heterogeneous genus of the plant species and an important member of the Asteraceae (Koul et al. 2018). It occurs well in temperate regions of the globe, such as in Asia, Africa, Australia, China, Europe, India, Iran, Japan, North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States), and Turkey with around 500 known species (Koul et al. 2018, Watson et al. 2002, Liu et al. 2009). The origin of the name Artemisia can be traced back from the ancient Greek word “Artemis” which means goddess, and “absinthium” which relates to unenjoyable or without sweetness. Generally, Artemisia is known as “Worm wood”, as it is traditionally employed to treat intestinal worms. Other common names of the genus include “Mug word”, “Sagebrush”, or “Tarragon” (Obistioiu et al. 2014, Tajadod et al. 2012).
The Role of Herbal Medicines in Female Genital Infections
Megh R. Goyal, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Ramasamy Harikrishnan in The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care, 2020
Artemisia herba-alba is used as antihelminthic and antimalaria in solution. Artemisia herba-alba has been known for its helpful and restorative/ biomedical properties. Artemisia species are utilized for the treatment of hepatitis, cancer, inflammation, and infections by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Besides, a few types of Artemisia are utilized as a part of society‘s medication [1, 2, 12]. Technique to Utilize: One liter of boiling water is poured onto 5 g dried leaves (substantial tablespoonful, free, or teaspoon if squashed to a powder) of Artemisia annua. It is permitted to mix for 10 to 15 minutes, and afterward poured through a strainer. This tea is then smashed in four segments over the span of the day. The time of treatment is about 5 and 7 days. It is additionally utilized for vagina douching and steaming [19, 83].
Medical theory, medical care, and preventive medicine
Lois N. Magner, Oliver J. Kim in A History of Medicine, 2017
Tropical medicine has often been denigrated as imperial medicine, or colonial medicine, but the diseases subsumed by this category still take a terrible toll. The importance of this field was recognized in 2015 when the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Youyou Tu, William C. Campbell, and Satoshi Ōmura for the development of new treatments for parasitic infections. From her studies of traditional Chinese herbal remedies, pharmacologist Youyou Tu identified antimalarial compounds. She tested many traditional remedies before she found that artemisinin (produced by the wormwood plant, Artemisia annua) was effective in the treatment of malaria. The discovery of artemisinin was particularly important because older antimalarial drugs like chloroquine, Fansidar, and Lariam have become ineffective in many parts of the world.
Characterization, antibacterial, total antioxidant, scavenging, reducing power and ion chelating activities of green synthesized silver, copper and titanium dioxide nanoparticles using Artemisia haussknechtii leaf extract
Published in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2018
Mehran Alavi, Naser Karimi
In green synthesis approaches of metal NPs unlike chemical and physical method, it was not used toxic reducing agents or expensive solvents. Therefore, NPs green synthesis methods have eco-friendly and low cost advantages compared to conventional methods. In this way, it can be applied plants, algae, bacteria and fungi as reducing and stabilizing precursors [7]. Among these organisms, plants have advantages of high availability, biocompatibility and biodegradability [8]. Artemisia L. belongs to the large family Asteraceae (Compositae) with approximately 20,000 species in 1000 genera. There are over 500 species in Artemisia genus which are located abundantly in Asia (with 35 species in Iran), Europe and North America [9]. Species of this genus are used frequently as medicinal plant for the against of malaria, inflammation, pyrexia, cancer, hepatitis and infectious disease [10]. These characteristics are resulted from constituents of essential oils such as piperitone, camphor, β-ylangene, β-elemene, and sapathulenol [9]. Accordingly, among this genus, we used A. haussknechtii as endemic species of Iran especially Kermanshah province for green synthesis of NPs [9,11].
Artemisia herba-alba aqueous extract improves insulin sensitivity and hepatic steatosis in rodent model of fructose-induced metabolic syndrome
Published in Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021
Yassine Réggami, Abderrahim Benkhaled, Amel Boudjelal, Hajira Berredjem, Amani Amamra, Halima Benyettou, Nadia Larabi, Abderrahmane Senator, Laura Siracusa, Giuseppe Ruberto
Artemisia herba-alba Asso (AH), “desert wormwood” or Shih (Arabic name), is a medicinal and aromatic dwarf shrub belonging to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. It grows in arid and semi-arid climates, wide-spread in the steppes and deserts of North Africa, Middle East, Spain, Northwestern Himalayas, and India (Harlev et al. 2013). The decoction and/or aqueous extract of the aerial parts of A. herba-alba has been extensively used in folk medicine by many civilizations since ancient times to treat colds, coughing, bronchitis, diarrhea, diabetes, hypertension, scorpion/snake bites, neuralgias, and parasitic infections (Salido et al. 2004). Furthermore, a series of clinical and experimental studies in literature reported that A. herba-alba having hypoglycemic, hypolipidaemic and anti-diabetic effects in T2DM patients (Al-Waili 1988), as well as in diabetic animal models induced by alloxan (Twaij and Al-Badr 1988, Al-Khazraji et al. 1993, Marrif et al. 1995, Mansi et al. 2007, Boudjelal et al. 2015, Sekiou et al. 2018) and high fat diet (Hamza et al.2011). Considering these precious effects, we hypothesized that A. herba-alba may possibly exert therapeutic proprieties against MetS, the pre-diabetic state that is characterized principally by insulin resistance. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated the ability of the aqueous extract from the leaves of A. herba-alba to improve insulin sensitivity, dyslipidaemia, oxidative stress and hepatic steatosis in fructose-induced MetS rodent model.
Larvicidal and pathological effects of green synthesized silver nanoparticles from Artemisia herba-alba against Spodoptera littoralis through feeding and contact application
Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2022
Raghda S. El-Ashmouny, Magda H. Rady, Bouthaina A. Merdan, T. A. A. El-Sheikh, Rasha E. Hassan, El Gohary E El Gohary
Recent studies on the biosynthesis of AgNPs have revealed that there was a significant shift in interest toward the use of medicinal flora for nanoparticle synthesis, where the green leaves of medicinal plants have the best capacity to reduce and stabilize AgNPs due to the abundance of reducing components (H+) [19,20]. Artemisia species are widely used to treat certain diseases, such as malaria, hepatitis, cancer, stomach ulcers and wound healing, due to their antibacterial, antifungal, and disinfectant properties [21]. They possess several compounds with insecticidal and anti-feeding activities against many insect pests, such as 3-methyl,3-phenyl-1,4-pentadiyne found in Artemisia monosperma essential oil [22]. Artemisia belongs to Family Asteraceae (Compositae). There are ~250 species of Artemisia worldwide, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America [23]. However, few studies have dealt with nanoparticle synthesis from Artemisia species and its cytotoxic and apoptosis effects [19]. Vijayakumar et al. [24], Basavegowda et al. [25] and Mousavi et al. [19] have synthesized nanoparticles from three different species of Artemisia and investigated their antimicrobial activity. Aziz et al. [26] demonstrated that AgNPs synthesized from Artemisia herba-alba showed high larvicidal toxicity against mosquito vectors.
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