AN UPDATED REVIEW ON USTUKHUDOOS PLANT
Abstract
Lavandula stoechas Mill. commonly known as Ustukhudoos, is perhaps the most important medicinal plant in the unani system of medicine. Whole part, flowers and essential oil of the plant is used to treat a variety of diseases. A number of ailments are treated by the plant which is used either alone or in combination with other plants. It is used for the treatment of various neurological disorders like hemiplegia, facial paralysis, tremors, epilepsy, melancholia, neurasthenia. Moreover, it is used in sinusitis, liver disorders and urinary disorders etc. L. stoechas possesses antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, antispasmodic, sedative, hepatoprotective activities. This article discusses and summarizes the important medicinal values of Ustukhudoos in the perspective of Unani literature as well as modern scientific research.
Keywords: Ustukhudoos, Lavandula stoechas, neurological, epilepsy
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Ustukhudoos, Lavandula stoechas, epilepsy
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15. Sadani S, & Alireza S, Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of Lavandula stoechas flowers extracted by microwave: Journal of medicinal plants studies, 2016; 4(3):224-228.
16. Jabeen Q, Aziz N, Afzal Z & Gilani AH, Spasmogenic and spasmolytic activities of Lavandula stoechas are mediated through Muscarinic receptors stimulation and calcium channel blockade: International Journal of Pharmacology, 2007; 3(1):61-67.
17. Sebai H, Selmi S, Tibi K, Souli AA, Gharbi N & Sakly M, Lavender (Lavandula stoechas L.) essential oils attenuate hyperglycemia and protect against oxidative stress in alloxan-induced diabetic rats: Lipids in Health and Disease, 2013; 1-9.
18. Angioni A, Barra A, Coroneno V, & Dessi S, Chemical Composition, Seasonal Variability and Antifungal Activity of Lavandula stoechas L. ssp. stoechas Essential Oils: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2006; 54:4364-4370.
19. Yassine E, Dalila B, Latifa EM, Smahan B, Lebtar S, Sana A, Phytochemical Screening, Anti-inflammatory Activity and Acute Toxicity of Hydro-ethanolic, Flavonoid, Tannin and Mucilage Extracts of Lavandula stoechas L. from Morocco: International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 2016; 8(1):31-37.
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21. Miraj S, Lavandula stoechas L: A systematic review of medicinal and molecular perspectives: Der Pharmacia Lettre, 2016; 8(13):56-58.
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Siddiqui A, Afrin Z, Jafri M. AN UPDATED REVIEW ON USTUKHUDOOS PLANT. JDDT [Internet]. 6Sep.2018 [cited 2Aug.2021];8(5):88-1. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/1855
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