Bio-Active Compounds from Plants Used in the Traditional Medicine of Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Fuad O Abdullah, Faiq H S Hussain, Abdullah Sh Sardar, Gianluca Gilardoni, Zaw Min Thu, Giovanni Vidari

Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2022;27(10):3116

PMID: 35630593

Abstract

Herbal medicine is still widely practiced in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, especially by people living in villages in mountainous regions. Seven taxa belonging to the genus (family Lamiaceae) are commonly employed in the Kurdish traditional medicine, especially to treat jaundice, stomachache and abdominal problems. We report, in this paper, a comprehensive account about the chemical structures and bioactivities of most representative specialized metabolites isolated from these plants. These findings indicate that plants used in the folk medicine of Iraqi Kurdistan are natural sources of specialized metabolites that are potentially beneficial to human health.

Address: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.; Department of Medical Analysis, Faculty of Applied Science, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.; Department of Biology, College of Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.; Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja 110107, Ecuador.; Department of Chemistry, Kalay University, Kalay 03044, Myanmar.; Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103116

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MeSH Terms: Humans, Iraq, Medicine, Traditional, Phytotherapy, Plants, Medicinal, Teucrium