Medicinal Uses Of Natural Products Flashcards
Garlic
Inhibit platelet aggregation and enhance fibrinolytic activity.
*Stop 1 week before surgeries.
Fish Oil
Prevention of atherosclerosis.
Ginkgo Biloba
Improves cerebral insufficiency. Used in the treatment of tinnitus and could improve Alzheimer’s disease.
Horse chestnut
Active: Aescin
Used in improving capillary fragility, in the treatment of hemorrhoids.
Buchu
Diosmin—improves capillary fragility.
Cinchona
Quinidine—act on sodium channel.
Senna
Anthraquinone glycoside principles—stimulant laxative. (Purgative)
Contraindicated in pregnancy and could develop hepatotoxicity.
Castor Oil
Ricin—contraindicated in pregnancy.
Hepatoprotective
Milk Thistle—Silymarin. Enhances liver functions.
- Dandelion
- Bildo
Uva Ursi (Berry Berry)
UTIs—Arbutin as API.
Cranberry
UTIs—Urinary Antiseptic.
*Flavonoids and Proanthocyanidins.
Saw Palmetto
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
*Increases testosterone levels, improves prostate health, reduces inflammation and improves UT functions.
Chamomile
Improves endurance.
Lavendar
Improve sleeping.
Lemon
Improves stress.
Valeriana
Sedative—for insomnia and anxiety.
Kava Kava
Calmative.
St. John’s Wort
Used in depression, postmenopausal syndrome and ADHD.
May cause serotonin syndrome when used with serotonergic drugs.
CYP inducer—Potent CYP3A4 inducer and a CYP2C19, CYP2C9 inducer as well.
May induce P-gp as well, affecting drug(s) absorption and bioavailability.
Arnica Flower
Circulation stimulant. Helenalin is the active principle.
Ginseng
Antioxidant, improvement of brain functions, and increases energy levels, and boosts the immunity.
