The Anti-inflammatory and Anti-viral Effects of an Ethnic Medicine: Glycyrrhizin
نویسندگان
1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran
2 Genetical Biochemistry and Signal Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara 228-8555, Japan
3 Cultivation and Development Department, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj
4 Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutics, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Tehran
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چکیده
The extract of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) has been widely used for many centuries in the traditional Chinese medicine as native anti-allergic agent. Glycyrrhizin (GL), a triterpenoid-saponin, extracted from the roots of licorice is the most effective compound for inflammation and allergic diseases in human body. The biological and pharmacological studies ...
