Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effect of Achillea millefolium and Salix plants

El-Sadek, S.E.; El-Gendy, A. A. M.; Tohamy, M.A.; El-Aa, M. A. Abd

doi:10.21608/jvmr.2007.77898

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“…Other species belonging to the Achillea genus, but not surveyed in the present study, such as A. millefolium L., show agreement between the three dimensions analyzed here. Terefore, Achillea millefolium L., popularly known as atroveran and novalgine, has "ethno" records on its use in wounds, as an antipyretic and analgesic [177,178], while its pharmacological activity includes anti- infammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic efects [179]. In addition, these vernacular names are the same as two synthetic drugs, Novalgine ® (antipyretic and analgesic) and Atroveran ® (antispasmodic, used for cramps and pain during menstruation), since according to traditional knowledge, the efect of this species resembles them.…”

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The Meaning of Plants’ Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties

dos Santos Dantas Lima,

Felipe Domingues Passero,

Indriunas

et al. 2024

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Some of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks associated with their use. This study sought to list the scientific and vernacular names of plants whose lexicons are related to those possible properties of plants and to compare them with the “ethno” (ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological) and pharmacological data available in the scientific literature. A floating reading of the two classical and reference works on Brazilian medicinal plants was performed, and plants with vernacular and/or scientific names related to the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties were listed. Correlations between the meanings of the species’ names (lexicon) and their possible biological properties were made from their translation from Latin by consulting dictionaries. A bibliographic survey was conducted on the “ethno” and pharmacological data for each species. Finally, data from these three dimensions (lexicon, “ethno,” and pharmacology) were classified and compared using a bioprospection classification. It resulted in a list of 90 plant species belonging to 47 families. 66 of the 90 species presented “ethno” data from the scientific literature, while 46 species presented pharmacological data. Of these, 46 (69.7%) and 27 (58.7%), respectively, showed equivalence with the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties of plants according to their lexicons. According to this study, half of the plants investigated demonstrate equivalence in the three dimensions analyzed (lexicons, “ethno,” and pharmacological data from the scientific literature). Gastrointestinal and nervous system categories are among the most common in all three dimensions. Plant lexicons may be closely linked to the possible medicinal and/or toxic properties and the study of plant lexicons may represent one more approach for the search for new drugs, mainly considering the gastrointestinal, nervous, and parasites categories.

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confidence: 99%