A review on biological effects of Lamium album (white dead nettle) and its components

Tahere Pourmirzaee Sheikhali Kelayeh,Mahmood Abedinzade,Ahmad Ghorbani

doi:10.15171/jhp.2019.28

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Abstract

Lamium album, commonly known as white dead nettle, is a plant in the family of Lamiaceae. This plant is distributed all over Asia, Europe, and Africa. In the traditional medicine of Asia, it has been used for the treatment of a number of diseases such as trauma, fracture, paralysis, leucorrhoea, hypertension women’s pain, uterine hemorrhage, menorrhagia, vaginal and cervical inflammation. In recent years, L. album has been the subject of intensive experimental studies to evaluate its traditional use to reveal new biological properties. A wide range of pharmacological effects, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antidiabetic properties have been reported by these studies. This review presents an up-to-date overview of the current literature on the pharmacological and physiological effects of L. album. Also, phytochemical constituents responsible for the biological properties of L. album are presented and discussed.

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Nowadays herbal medicines have become more prominent because of their fewer costs and side effects than common chemical medicines
A possible relationship between antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds in the extract of this plant was reported by Trouillas et al In 2003, they evaluated the biological properties of the aqueous extract of 16 plants in order to investigate their inhibitory effects on hydroxyl, superoxide, and 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals
This study suggested that the chloroform and methanol extracts of this plant have potent anticancer effects

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Nowadays herbal medicines have become more prominent because of their fewer costs and side effects than common chemical medicines. Studies have shown that phenolic compounds have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and inhibit the progress of tumors and cell proliferation [24,25]. Review of the biological effects of Lamium album et al conducted this study in vitro and achieved positive results from the antiviral activity of this herb.

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