Medicinal mosses in pre-Linnaean bryophyte floras of central Europe. An example from the natural history of Poland

Drobnik, Jacek; Stebel, Adam

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.025

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“…Since Galen’s first century works listed mostly Italian medicinal plants, these books enabled local inhabitants, including pharmacists and physicians, to harvest medicinal raw materials locally (Cooper 2010 ). Historical medical applications of some species bryophytes listed in these catalogues correspond with today’s pharmacological knowledge of the herb (Asakawa 2007 ; Asakawa et al 2013 ; Drobnik and Stebel 2014 , 2015 , 2017 ).…”

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“…The first medicinal bryophytes were noted in the first century and subsequently a relatively large number of species in the phylum Bryophyta have been recognized in medicinal usage since the sixteenth century (Drobnik and Stebel 2014 , 2015 ). In 1600, Caspar Schwenckfeld listed six botanical names for bryophytes, which specified at least four species used as remedies in folk medicine (Drobnik and Stebel 2015 ).…”

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Brachythecium rutabulum, A Neglected Medicinal Moss

Drobnik

Stebel

2017

Hum Ecol

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Brachythecium rutabulum, A Neglected Medicinal Moss

Drobnik

Stebel

2017

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“…The first medicinal mosses are mentioned already in Renaissance herbals (by Fuchs, 1543 andLobelius, 1581). From the 18th century, physicians were interested in using bryophytes as medicinal alternatives (Drobnik and Stebel, 2014). Flowers (1957), indicated that the majority use of bryophytes as ethnomedicine reported from Chinese, Indian and Native American medicines.…”

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Bryophytes as Hidden Treasure

Yayıntaş¹,

İrkin²

2018

Health Sci. Q.

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Bryophytes are the second largest heterogeneous group of terrestrial plants. The bryophytes placed taxonomically between Algae and Pteridophytes, are further divided into three classes; Hornworts (class Anthocerotae), Liverworts (class Hepaticae) and Mosses (class Musci). They are the most captivating exotic species on earth with distinguishing characteristics. Bryophytes are rich in a variety of secondary biological active compounds. Bryophytes contain potentially useful natural products, including polysaccharides terpenoids, lipids, amino acids and phenylpropanoids. Bryophyte isolated compounds and extracts have cytotoxic, antimicrobial, insecticidal, antiviral, nematocidal effects on smooth and non-striated muscles, weight loss, plant growth regulation and allelopathic activities. In the present review, the therapeutic uses of bryophytes were focused in detail. This will highlight bryophytes as potential source for phytotherapeutic remedies and chemical products used in different fields of chemistry, pharmacology, bioiogy and different branches of life sciences.

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“…Historically, physicians from the 18th century were hardly interested in using any bryophytes as medicinal stock (Drobnik and Stebel, 2014). It may be concluded that the competences in pre-Linnaean bryology did not put into practice using moss-derived materia medica of 18th century.…”

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Bryophytes – an emerging source for herbal remedies and chemical production

Sabovljević

Ikram

et al. 2016

Plant Genet. Resour.

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Bryophytes (including mosses, liverworts and hornworts) are a heterogeneous group of terrestrial plants, which comprise over 24,000 species worldwide. Given the various biological activities reported from bryophytes, they have a huge commercial potential. Due to their minute size and rather small biomass in various ecosystems, bryophytes are a seldom part of ethnomedicine and rarely subject to medicinal and chemical analyses. Still, hundreds of novel natural products have been isolated from bryophytes. Bryophytes have been shown to contain numerous potentially useful natural products, including polysaccharides, lipids, rare amino acids, terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, quinones and many other specialized metabolites. Additionally, different bryophyte extracts and isolated compounds have shown antimicrobial, antiviral, cytotoxic, nematocidal, insecticidal, effects on smooth and non-striated muscles, weight loss, plant growth regulators and allelopathic activities. Bryophytes also cause allergies and contact dermatitis. All these effects highlight bryophytes as potential source for herbal remedies and production of chemicals to be used in various products.

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Medicinal mosses in pre-Linnaean bryophyte floras of central Europe. An example from the natural history of Poland

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

Brachythecium rutabulum, A Neglected Medicinal Moss

Brachythecium rutabulum, A Neglected Medicinal Moss

Bryophytes as Hidden Treasure

Bryophytes – an emerging source for herbal remedies and chemical production

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