Review on Teucrium polium biological activities and medical characteristics against different pathologic situations

Authors

  • Mozafar Khazaei Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  • Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani Department of Anatomy, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  • Tahmineh Mokhtari Research Center of Nervous System Stem Cells, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
  • Fatemeh Sheikhbahaei Department of Anatomy, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Abstract

Herbal medicines and the use of these drugs in treating and preventing of certain diseases in the world and Iran have increased dramatically.
Teucrium polium, one of the plants that has been used in traditional medicine nearly 2,000 years ago belongs to Labiatae family and is used
as a diuretic, tonic, antipyretic, anti-fungal, anti-spasmodic, anti-rheumatic, carminative and an antibacterial agent. Information of this
article has collected from the database of PubMed, ScienceDirect and Scopus. The effects of T. polium on the liver, kidney, stomach, brain
has investigated and antidiabetic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer effects of this agent, has introduced. Several studies revealed
that T. polium has a hypoglycemic effect and can help to control blood sugar. In addition, due to the undeniable effects of this plant against
cancer cells, it can be considered as a natural resource, for the treatment of cancer. This review investigates multiple properties of T. polium.

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Published

2018-03-26

How to Cite

Khazaei, M., Nematollahi-Mahani, S. N., Mokhtari, T., & Sheikhbahaei, F. (2018). Review on Teucrium polium biological activities and medical characteristics against different pathologic situations. Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences, 4(1). Retrieved from https://jocms.org/index.php/jcms/article/view/323

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Winter 2018

Section

Review