Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is a medicinal plant that has been used as a food condiment as well as for its multiple therapeutic characteristics since ancient times. Fenugreek plant grows up to 60 cm in height, and its seeds are golden-yellow rhomboidal-shaped. Though fenugreek is more c...
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| author | Visuvanathan, Theysshana Than, Leslie Thian Lung Stanslas, Johnson Chew, Shu Yih Vellasamy, Shalini |
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| description | Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is a medicinal plant that has been used as a food condiment as well as for its multiple therapeutic characteristics since ancient times. Fenugreek plant grows up to 60 cm in height, and its seeds are golden-yellow rhomboidal-shaped. Though fenugreek is more commonly known for its seeds, the leaves and stem have also been reported to have medicinal uses. These properties exhibited are due to the content of the secondary metabolites, also known as phytochemicals, in the fenugreek plant. Such metabolites are alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenols, and many others. Fenugreek has been used traditionally for numerous indications, such as aid in labour, lactation stimulant, and laxatives. In modern research, there have been several animal and clinical studies that have shown therapeutic effects of fenugreek when taken orally. Fenugreek is a suitable plant candidate with a high prospect of being used as a credible medicinal plant to derive new drugs. This review aims to summarize the physical and chemical properties of fenugreek and its bioactive compounds that have been isolated for medicinal purposes and discusses the traditional and pharmacological uses of fenugreek. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1030912024-06-29T12:46:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103091/ Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities Visuvanathan, Theysshana Than, Leslie Thian Lung Stanslas, Johnson Chew, Shu Yih Vellasamy, Shalini Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is a medicinal plant that has been used as a food condiment as well as for its multiple therapeutic characteristics since ancient times. Fenugreek plant grows up to 60 cm in height, and its seeds are golden-yellow rhomboidal-shaped. Though fenugreek is more commonly known for its seeds, the leaves and stem have also been reported to have medicinal uses. These properties exhibited are due to the content of the secondary metabolites, also known as phytochemicals, in the fenugreek plant. Such metabolites are alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenols, and many others. Fenugreek has been used traditionally for numerous indications, such as aid in labour, lactation stimulant, and laxatives. In modern research, there have been several animal and clinical studies that have shown therapeutic effects of fenugreek when taken orally. Fenugreek is a suitable plant candidate with a high prospect of being used as a credible medicinal plant to derive new drugs. This review aims to summarize the physical and chemical properties of fenugreek and its bioactive compounds that have been isolated for medicinal purposes and discusses the traditional and pharmacological uses of fenugreek. MDPI 2022 Article PeerReviewed Visuvanathan, Theysshana and Than, Leslie Thian Lung and Stanslas, Johnson and Chew, Shu Yih and Vellasamy, Shalini (2022) Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities. Plants, 11 (11). art. no. 1450. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2223-7747 https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/11/1450 10.3390/plants11111450 |
| spellingShingle | Visuvanathan, Theysshana Than, Leslie Thian Lung Stanslas, Johnson Chew, Shu Yih Vellasamy, Shalini Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title | Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title_full | Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title_short | Revisiting trigonella foenum-graecum l.: pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
| title_sort | revisiting trigonella foenum graecum l pharmacology and therapeutic potentialities |
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