Frezza, C.; Venditti, A.; Toniolo, C.; Vita, D.D.; Serafini, I.; Ciccòla, A.; Franceschin, M.; Ventrone, A.; Tomassini, L.; Foddai, S.; Guiso, M.; Nicoletti, M.; Bianco, A.; Serafini, M. Pedicularis L. Genus: Systematics, Botany, Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology, and Other. Plants2019, 8, 306.
Frezza, C.; Venditti, A.; Toniolo, C.; Vita, D.D.; Serafini, I.; Ciccòla, A.; Franceschin, M.; Ventrone, A.; Tomassini, L.; Foddai, S.; Guiso, M.; Nicoletti, M.; Bianco, A.; Serafini, M. Pedicularis L. Genus: Systematics, Botany, Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology, and Other. Plants 2019, 8, 306.
Frezza, C.; Venditti, A.; Toniolo, C.; Vita, D.D.; Serafini, I.; Ciccòla, A.; Franceschin, M.; Ventrone, A.; Tomassini, L.; Foddai, S.; Guiso, M.; Nicoletti, M.; Bianco, A.; Serafini, M. Pedicularis L. Genus: Systematics, Botany, Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology, and Other. Plants2019, 8, 306.
Frezza, C.; Venditti, A.; Toniolo, C.; Vita, D.D.; Serafini, I.; Ciccòla, A.; Franceschin, M.; Ventrone, A.; Tomassini, L.; Foddai, S.; Guiso, M.; Nicoletti, M.; Bianco, A.; Serafini, M. Pedicularis L. Genus: Systematics, Botany, Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology, and Other. Plants 2019, 8, 306.
Abstract
In this review, the relevance of plants belonging to the Pedicularis L. genus was explored from different points of view. Particular emphasys was given especially to the phytochemistry and the ethnopharmacology of the genus since several classes of natural compounds have been evidenced within it and several Pedicularis species are well known to be employed in the traditional medicine of many Asian countries. Nevertheless, some important conclusions on the chemotaxonomic and chemosystematic aspects of the genus were also provided for the first time. This work represents the first total comprehensive review on the genus Pedicularis.
Keywords
Pedicularis L. genus; Orobanchaceae family; Phytochemistry; Chemotaxonomy; Ethnopharmacology
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Other
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