Skip to content
2000
Volume 22, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1871-5303
  • E-ISSN: 2212-3873

Abstract

Abstract: Plants serve as an important source of medicinal compounds, and their use in various diseases dates back hundreds of years. One such plant-based compound and the discovery of the antimalarial drug, artemisinin, has significantly brought phytomedicines into the spotlight and has enhanced the understanding and, consequently, the application of formulations derived from plants. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is based primarily on plants, holds immense potential and is an unexplored source for modern medicine. Many herbs, including Polygonatum sibiricum (PS), are used in Chinese medicine to treat various diseases. Polygonatum sibiricum (PS) belongs to the Liliaceae family and is used not only as a medicinal but also dietary supplement. PS has a highly diverse composition of bioactive compounds such as flavones, homoisoflavanone, alkaloids, lignins, steroid saponins, triterpenoid saponins, polysaccharides, etc. Because of such diverse composition, PS has been used as an anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoporotic agent, as well as an immunity booster, sleep enhancer, etc. Therefore, in this article, we review the therapeutic effect of bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, saponins, and PS extract in various diseases and their biological activities in fatigue, immunity, sleep, anti-aging, .

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/emiddt/10.2174/1871530321666210208221158
2022-01-01
2025-06-14
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/content/journals/emiddt/10.2174/1871530321666210208221158
Loading

  • Article Type:
    Review Article
Keyword(s): Phytomedicines; Polygonatum sibiricum; polysaccharides; saponins; TCM; therapeutic
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
Please enter a valid_number test