Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review
Context: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis. Objectives: To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative...
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| author | Sanjib Bhattacharya |
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| description | Context: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis. Objectives: To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative effect, active pre-clinically and/or clinically. Methods: Literature survey was carried out by using Google, Scholar Google and Pub-Med. Only the scientific journal articles found on the internet for last two decades were considered. Minerals and semi-synthetic or synthetic analogs of natural products were excluded. Results: Literature study revealed that 34 medicinal plants and 14 natural products exhibited significant protection from arsenic toxicity, mostly in preclinical trials and a few in clinical studies. Conclusion: This research could lead to development of a potentially useful agent in clinical management of arsenicosis in humans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4df33d1936c34017be8793f42bcc1a232022-12-22T00:45:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPharmaceutical Biology1388-02091744-51162017-01-0155134935410.1080/13880209.2016.12352071235207Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short reviewSanjib Bhattacharya0West Bengal Medical Services Corporation LtdContext: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis. Objectives: To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative effect, active pre-clinically and/or clinically. Methods: Literature survey was carried out by using Google, Scholar Google and Pub-Med. Only the scientific journal articles found on the internet for last two decades were considered. Minerals and semi-synthetic or synthetic analogs of natural products were excluded. Results: Literature study revealed that 34 medicinal plants and 14 natural products exhibited significant protection from arsenic toxicity, mostly in preclinical trials and a few in clinical studies. Conclusion: This research could lead to development of a potentially useful agent in clinical management of arsenicosis in humans.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2016.1235207arsenicosisascorbic acidantioxidantcurcuminclinical |
| spellingShingle | Sanjib Bhattacharya Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review Pharmaceutical Biology arsenicosis ascorbic acid antioxidant curcumin clinical |
| title | Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review |
| title_full | Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review |
| title_fullStr | Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review |
| title_short | Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review |
| title_sort | medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity a short review |
| topic | arsenicosis ascorbic acid antioxidant curcumin clinical |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2016.1235207 |
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