ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Polysaccharides from Medicinal Plants: Bridging Ancestral Knowledge with Contemporary Science.
Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- The non-scaffold effects of natural polysaccharides in promoting organ regeneration: a review.Journal of biological engineering · 2026Review
- Inter- and Intraspecific Variability in Non-Starch Polysaccharide Composition ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From structural code to immunomodulation: the structure-activity relationship, molecular mechanisms, and translational medicine challenges of yam (Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Herbal and Natural Products for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies Focusing on Molecular Microbiome and Barrier Outcomes.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring Bioactive Polysaccharides in Edible Fruits: A Cross-Biome Perspective.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Plant polysaccharides influence tumor development based on epigenetics: a review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Plants are a core part of cultural identity, as part of a diet, decorations, ceremonies, or as medicinal agents. Empirical knowledge regarding plants and their healing potential has existed worldwide for centuries. With the advance of science and technology, not only is the refinement of such sources or isolation of specific compounds possible, but these compounds can also be characterized based on their natural occurrence. Besides their importance for plant metabolism and structure, polysaccharides have been demonstrated to have substantial positive human health impacts on inflammation, metabolism, oxidative stress, and others. As an inherent part of plant cell walls, many polysaccharides from medicinal herbs, such as fructans, glucans, and pectins, have been extracted and analyzed for their structure and function. However, a review summarizing a significant portion of these studies was still unavailable. This review helps to fill the knowledge gap between polysaccharide bioactivity, their structure, and their plant matrix sources, focusing on historical medicinal usage.
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