Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.: A Review on its Traditional Uses, Phytochemical and Pharmacology

Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. is an effective medical plant, and is also used as a healthy and adjuvant therapy functional food. Although a considerable amount of scientific research was reported on F tataricum in the last decades, it is currently scattered across various publications. The present review comprises the traditional uses and ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological research on F tataricum in the last decades. A large number of chemical studies and pharmacological during the last decades have demonstrated the vast medicinal potential of F tataricum. The objective of this review is to bring together most of the scientific research available on F tataricum and evaluate its effects and mechanisms.