期刊
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1008881
关键词
Euphorbiaceae; Euphorbia species; latex; chemical constituents; biological applications
资金
- National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea - Korea government [NRF-2021R1C1C1013875, 2021R1A6A1A03038785, 2021R1F1A1055694]
- Kwangwoon University Research Grant
The genus Euphorbia includes plants with toxic milky fluid or latex widely found in temperate and tropical zones. These plants have been used in traditional and complementary medicine for various health issues, and their medicinal properties are attributed to the presence of various compounds, with the focus on their latex. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the chemical composition and biological activities of latex from Euphorbia species, aiming to explore its medical applications and assess its ethnopharmacological potential.
The genus Euphorbia includes about 2,000 species commonly widespread in both temperate and tropical zones that contain poisonous milky juice fluid or latex. Many species have been used in traditional and complementary medicine for the treatment of various health issues such as dropsy, paralysis, deafness, wounds, warts on the skin, and amaurosis. The medicinal applications of these species have been attributed to the presence of various compounds, and most studies on Euphorbia species have focused on their latex. In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge on chemical composition and biological activities of the latex from various species of the genus Euphorbia. Our aim was to explore the applications of latex extracts in the medical field and to evaluate their ethnopharmacological potential. The databases employed for data collection, are obtained through Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct and Scopus, from 1983 to 2022. The bibliographic data indicate that terpenoids are the most common secondary metabolites in the latex. Furthermore, the latex has interesting biological properties and pharmacological functions, including antibacterial, antioxidant, free radical scavenger, cytotoxic, tumor, anti-inflammatory, healing, hemostatic, anti-angiogenic, insecticidal, genotoxic, and mutagenic activities. However, the role of other components in the latex, such as phenolic compounds, alkaloids, saponins, and flavonoids, remains unknown, which limits the application of the latex. Future studies are required to optimize the therapeutic use of latex extracts.
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