Jiang, J.; Ou, H.; Chen, R.; Lu, H.; Zhou, L.; Yang, Z. The Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review of Euryale ferox Salisb.: A Chinese Medicine Food Homology. Molecules2023, 28, 4399.
Jiang, J.; Ou, H.; Chen, R.; Lu, H.; Zhou, L.; Yang, Z. The Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review of Euryale ferox Salisb.: A Chinese Medicine Food Homology. Molecules 2023, 28, 4399.
Jiang, J.; Ou, H.; Chen, R.; Lu, H.; Zhou, L.; Yang, Z. The Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review of Euryale ferox Salisb.: A Chinese Medicine Food Homology. Molecules2023, 28, 4399.
Jiang, J.; Ou, H.; Chen, R.; Lu, H.; Zhou, L.; Yang, Z. The Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review of Euryale ferox Salisb.: A Chinese Medicine Food Homology. Molecules 2023, 28, 4399.
Abstract
Euryale ferox, which belongs to the family of Nymphaeaceae, has been widely distributed in China, India, Korea, and Japan. The seeds of E. ferox (EFS) have been categorized as superior food for 2000 years in China, based on its abundant nutrients including polysaccharides, polyphenols, sesquineolignans, tocopherols, cyclic dipeptides, glucosylsterols, cerebrosides, and triterpenoids. These constituents exert multiple pharmacological effects, such as antioxidant, hypoglycemic, cardioprotective, antibacterial, anticancer, antidepression, and hepatoprotective properties. There are very few summarized reports on E. ferox, albeit with its high nutritional value and beneficial activities. Therefore, we collected the reported literatures (since 1980), medical classics, databases, and pharmacopeia of E. ferox, and summarized the botanical classification, traditional uses, phytochemicals, and pharmacological effects of E. ferox, which will provide new insights for the further research and development of EFS-derived functional products.
Keywords
Euryale ferox; traditional medicine; phytochemical constituents; pharmacological effects
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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