BSU bulletin. Medicine and pharmacy
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SESQUITERPENE LACTONS OF THE GENUS ARTEMISIA L. // BSU bulletin. Medicine and pharmacy. - 2019. №4. . - С. 3-9.
Title:
SESQUITERPENE LACTONS OF THE GENUS ARTEMISIA L.
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Sesquiterpene lactones are of particular interest to researchers around the world in connec- tion with a wide range of their pharmacological activity ‒ antimalarial, antitumor, anthel- mintic, cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, etc. The genus Artemisia L. (Worm- wood) is one of the genus characterized by the greatest variety of lactones. Artemisia L. is one of the largest and most perfect genus of the Asteraceae (Compositae). This genus in- cludes more than 500 species, 174 species are found in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries, 76 species grow in Siberia and 46 species are found in Buryatia. Guaianelac- tones (absintin, anabsintin, artabsin, etc.) were found in plants of the subgenus Artemisia of the subsection Absinthium (A. absinthium, A. sieversiana, A. pontica). These com- pounds are the precursors of bicyclic sesquiterpenoid essential oils ‒ chamazulene, which has anti-inflammatory effects.
Keywords:
sesquiterpene lactones; Artemisia; Abrotanum; Absinthium; Dracunculus; Seriphidium; Buryatia; Asteraceae.
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