Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Bey-Hing Goh¹  Kooi-Yeong Khaw²  Chee Kei Kong⁵  Liang Ee Low⁷  Andrei Mocan⁸  Poh Hui Goh⁹  Long Chiau Ming⁹  Wei Sheng Siew^1,10  Wei-Hsum Yap^1,10 

[1] 0Health and Well-Being Cluster, Global Asia in the 21st Century (GA21) Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia;Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory (BMEX) Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia;College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Laboratory of Chromatography, Institute of Advanced Horticulture Research of Transylvania, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei;School of Biosciences, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia;

关键词: snowdrop;    galanthus;    bioactivities;    galanthamine;    lycorine;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fphar.2020.552453

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to the discovery of Galanthamine as symptomatic treatment drug for Alzhiermer disease. This review aims to discuss the bioactivities of Galanthus spp including anticholinesterase, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer potential of the extracts and chemical constituents of Galanthus spp. This review highlights that Galanthus spp. as the exciting sources for drug discovery and nutraceutical development.

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