Open AccessDesmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC.: A magnificent plant with biological and pharmacological properties
Author(s) -
Manzione Maria Giulia,
HerreraBravo Jesús,
SharifiRad Javad,
Kregiel Dorota,
Sevindik Mustafa,
Sevindik Emre,
Salamoglu Zeliha,
Zam Wissam,
Vitalini Sara,
Hano Christophe,
KukulaKoch Wirginia,
Koch Wojciech,
Pezzani Raffaele
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
food frontiers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2643-8429
DOI - 10.1002/fft2.170
Subject(s) - desmodium , terpenoid , traditional medicine , phytochemistry , glycoside , fabaceae , biology , medicine , botany
Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. is a plant of the Fabaceae family especially rich in flavonoids but also in alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, phenols, phenylpropanoids, glycosides, and volatiles. This herb has been traditionally used in numerous countries all over the world for its pharmacological and biological properties (i.e., it has been used for the treatment of diarrheas, fever, epilepsy, asthma, leishmaniasis, gastroduodenal ulcer, diabetes, hepatic diseases, etc.). Given the wide uses of D. adscendens , this review summarizes all recent data on D. adscendens evaluating its phytochemistry as well as its ethno‐traditional and pharmacological properties. In addition, an association between the phytocompounds of this plant and its potential mechanism of action in cell and animal models has been investigated, focusing with a special emphasis on human experiments.