Fatty Acids and Herbal Medicine

Abstract

Background: Fatty acid is a type of carboxylic acid with carbon chain that can be short (4 carbons, such as butyric acid) or long (14 carbons and more, like DHA). Generally, fatty acids are divided into two groups of unsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids. They have important and valuable medicinal properties especially against microbial pathogens. Objective: Studies have shown that the epidemic of the twentieth century's heart disease is due to the abuse of trans fatty acids. The consumption of various fatty acids has various therapeutic effects on various diseases. Method: Relevant articles were searched from Google Scholar, Pub Med, Scopus, Science direct, and Cochrane library. Results: Getting omega-3 fatty acids through diet and supplements affects both acute and chronic inflammation. Consumption of omega-3 fatty acids can slow down the growth of cancer, increase the effect of chemotherapy and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy or cancer. This can be done by reducing angiogenesis in the tumor, creating the differentiation of cancer cells, reducing the risk of heart attack from cancer, etc. Conclusion: In general, fatty acids are valuable and affordable, and available with numerous medicinal properties, including anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties that can be extracted from and used by many sources, especially many medicinal plants. Since antimicrobial chemicals generally have many side effects and have resistance to many microbial species, various studies and experiments to identify and extract fatty acids and their application to the title of the pharmaceutical formulation are essential.

Anxiolytic-like Effects and Quantitative EEG Profile of Palmitone Induces Responses Like Buspirone Rather Than Diazepam as Clinical Drugs

“…In agreement with this report, a non-polar fraction of Bertholletia excelsa seeds, highly enriched with oleic acid (59.97%) and palmitic acid (21.42%), also produced significant anxiolytic-like effects in mice [10]. All these data together suggest that natural products are a source of several fatty acids with possible anxiolytic properties [13].…”

“…The relative power was obtained by dividing the power value of each frequency by the sum of the frequencies, as previously reported [27]. The relative power spectra were calculated in the band from 1 to 50 Hz and divided into the following frequency bands: delta (1-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), beta (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30), and gamma . Then, the relative power values obtained from segments of the same experimental condition (i.e., baseline activity or 25-30 min after treatment) were averaged in each frequency band.…”