A review of selected parasitic plants in Nigeria:converting harms to benefits
作者机构:Department of ZoologyUniversity of IbadanIbadan 200132Nigeria
出 版 物:《Natural Therapy Advances》
年 卷 期:2024年第7卷第3期
页 面:14-28页
学科分类:1008[医学-中药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 07[理学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学]
主 题:parasitic plants pharmacological values biocontrol plant management and control ethnopharmacology
摘 要:Parasitic plants are challenging to agricultural crops and forestry development,which are sources of major revenues in several countries,including ***,parasitic plants are important to human society as they have an abundance of bioactive compounds with pharmacological ***,it becomes expedient to know the benefits of these plants and potential means of *** review discusses four selected parasitic plants in Nigeria,namely Viscum album,Striga hermonthica,Tapinanthus bangwensis and Cuscuta *** information about their pharmacological relevance and biocontrol was obtained from credible databases,including the National Library of Medicine,SCOPUS,and Google *** review showed that all four plants have been extensively studied for their antioxidant and antitumor ***,antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities are common pharmacological values among parasitic *** are largely due to the presence of abundant beneficial classes of ***,there is an increasing number of biocontrol studies on the use of microorganisms,such as Phaeobotryosphaeria visci,Sphaeropsis visci,Pandoraea pulminicol,Colletotrichum gloeosporioides,and Fusarium oxysporum in controlling and managing these seemingly disastrous *** is hoped that this review will spur further studies into the conservation and proper management of parasitic plants using strategically developed biocontrol.