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ReviewJournal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine2017

Biological Effects and Clinical Applications of Dwarf Elder ( Sambucus ebulus L): A Review.

Marzie Jabbari, Babak Daneshfard, Majid Emtiazy, Ali Khiveh, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur

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Review in Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marzie Jabbari1 Department of Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.
Babak Daneshfard2 Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6729-9113
Majid Emtiazy1 Department of Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.
Ali Khiveh1 Department of Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.
Mohammad Hashem Hashempur5 Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dwarf elder ( Sambucus ebulus L) is one of the best known medicinal herbs since ancient times. In view of its benefits as a widely applicable phytomedicine, it is still used in folk medicine of different parts of the world. In addition to its nutritional values, dwarf elder contains different phytochemicals among which flavonoids and lectins are responsible for most of its therapeutic effects. Dwarf elder has been used for different ailments including: joint pains, cold, wounds, and infections. Nevertheless, recent evidence has revealed its potentials for making attempts at treating cancer and metabolic disorders. This review aimed to provide a comprehensive description of dwarf elder regarding its traditional uses and modern findings which may contribute to the development of novel natural-based therapeutic agents.

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Medicine, TraditionalPhytotherapySambucusAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsHumansPlant ExtractsAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsPlant Extractsdwarf eldermedicinal plantsphytotherapySambucus ebulustraditional Persian medicine

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PMID28397551
PMCPMC5871274

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