Some medicinal plants with antiasthmatic potential:a current status  

作　　者：Dnyaneshwar J Taur Ravindra Y Patil 

机构地区：[1]Department of Pharmacognosy,SVPM's College of Pharmacys,Malegaon(bk) [2]Department of Pharmacognosy,PDEA's Shankarrao Ursal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research Center

出　　处：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》2011年第5期413-418,共6页亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Asthma is a common disease that is rising in prevalence worldwide with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries.Asthma affect about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2023.Since the ancient times,plants have been exemplary sources of medicine.Current asthma therapy lack satisfactory success due to adverse effect,hence patients are seeking complementary and alternative medicine to treat their asthma.Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments.India has about 43 000 plant species and among them several thousand are claimed to possess medicinal properties.Researches conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for asthma have shown antiasthmatic,antihistaminic and antiallergic activity.This review reveals that some plants and their extract have antiasthmatic,antihistaminic,anticholinergic and antiallergic activity.Asthma is a common disease that is rising in prevalence worldwide with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries.Asthma affect about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2025.Since the ancient times,plants have been exemplary sources of medicine.Current asthma therapy lack satisfactoiy success due to adverse effect,hence patients are seeking complementary and alternative medicine to treat their asthma.Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments.India has about 45 000 plant species and among them several thousand are claimed to possess medicinal properties.Researches conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for asthma have shown antiasthmatic, antihistaminic and antiallergic activity.This review reveals that some plants and their extract have antiasthmatic,antihistaminic.anticholinergic and antiallergic activity.

关 键 词：Asthma ANTIASTHMATIC plants AYURVEDA HERBAL MEDICINES ANTIALLERGIC activity MEDICINAL property 

分 类 号：R285[医药卫生—中药学]