PHARMACOLOGICAL ROLES OF Crataegus SPECIES

Abstract

The importance of flowers in the administration of diseases, as nicely as provision of raw substances for the pharmaceutical industries ought to now not be over emphasized. Crataegus species are section of the necessary plant family Rosaceae. Members of the genus have been famous for their lengthy time period records of use in the remedy and control of metabolic as properly as endocrine ailments that are detrimental to human health. Hawthorn is used (in China) in the therapy of digestive system diseases and coronary heart diseases. In America (north regions), therapy role for heart disorder dates again to 1800. Currently, evidence is collecting from a number studies that Crataegus extracts labor a large vary of pharmacological features of cardiovascular, which include activity of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effect, anti-cardiac remodeling effect, advantageous inotropic effect, defensive impact against ischemia injury, hypolipidemic and antimicrobial activity.