Volume 15, Issue 1, 1 August 2015, Pages 21-35
[Posibilidades terapéuticas de la jara pringosa (Cistus ladanifer L.)]
[Possibilidades terapêuticas da esteva (Cistus ladanifer L.)]
a
CBIOS-Research Centre for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal
b ERISA -Escola SUPERIOR DE SAÚDE, Ribeiro Sanches, Lisboa, Portugal
c SPFito -Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitoquímica e de Fitoterapia, Portugal
b ERISA -Escola SUPERIOR DE SAÚDE, Ribeiro Sanches, Lisboa, Portugal
c SPFito -Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitoquímica e de Fitoterapia, Portugal
Abstract
Cistus ladanifer L.
(Cistaceae), commonly referred as rockrose, is a spontaneous shrub of
western Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal
to French Riviera and Algeria. With complex composition, the
preparations based on C. ladanifer (extracts, essential oil and
labdanum) show pharmacological properties that make it interesting its
future application. The absence of community monograph on this plant
from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or other reference documents
makes of great importance to compile and analyze the existing
information on C. ladanifer. This work is intended to provide
information regarding characterization, habitat, and geographical
distribution of rockrose, as well as on the bioactivity studies
published. In addition, the herbal
preparations obtained from C. ladanifer are also described, together
with its composition, mainly formed by phenols, terpenes, lipids and
vitamins. The uses described in traditional medicine and the
pharmacological effects based on in vitro and in vivo studies are also
reported, thereby highlighting the antioxidant, antitumor,
anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-protozoal,
anti-aggregating, antidepressant, antispasmodic, immunomodulatory and
antihypertensive actions. © 2014, CITA Publicaciones y Documentacion.
All rights reserved.
Author keywords
Anti-aggregating; Anti-inflammatory; Anti-protozoal;
Antidepressant; Antifungal; Antihypertensive; Antimicrobial;
Antioxidant; Antispasmodic; Antitumor; Cistus ladanifer L; Essential
oil; Immunomodulatory; Labdanum; Phenols; Rockrose; Terpenes
Indexed keywords
EMTREE drug terms: antidepressant agent; antifungal
agent; antihypertensive agent; antiinfective agent; antiinflammatory
agent; antineoplastic agent; antioxidant; Cistus ladanifer essential
oil; Cistus ladanifer extract; essential oil; immunomodulating agent;
phenol derivative; plant extract; spasmolytic agent; unclassified drug
EMTREE medical terms: Article; biological activity; drug activity
