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Review
. 2019 May 17;24(10):1913.
doi: 10.3390/molecules24101913.

Lamium Plants-A Comprehensive Review on Health Benefits and Biological Activities

Bahare Salehi  1 , Lorene Armstrong  2 , Antonio Rescigno  3 , Balakyz Yeskaliyeva  4 , Gulnaz Seitimova  5 , Ahmet Beyatli  6 , Jugreet Sharmeen  7 , Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally  8 , Farukh Sharopov  9 , Alessandra Durazzo  10 , Massimo Lucarini  11 , Antonello Santini  12 , Ludovico Abenavoli  13 , Raffaele Capasso  14 , Javad Sharifi-Rad  15
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Review

Lamium Plants-A Comprehensive Review on Health Benefits and Biological Activities

Bahare Salehi et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

This work is an updated snapshot of Lamium plants and their biological activities. The main features of the plant are described and the components of its essential oils are summarized. The traditional medicinal uses of Lamium plants has been reported. The presence of these chemicals i.e., hydroxycinnamic acids, iridoids, secoiridoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, phenylpropanoids, phytoecdysteroids, benzoxazinoids, betaine can provide biological activities. After the discussion of antioxidant properties documented for Lamium plants, the biological activities, studied using in vitro models, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive activity, and pain therapy and cytotoxicity and cytoprotective activity are here described and discussed. Finally, targeted examples of in vivo studies are reported.

Keywords: Lamium plants; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant; antiviral; cytotoxicity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The chemical structure of some biologically active molecules from Lamium species.
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Figure 2
The chemical structure of the main volatile secondary metabolites from Lamium species.
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Figure 2
The chemical structure of the main volatile secondary metabolites from Lamium species.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Benzoxazinone glucoside skeleton.
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