Cucurbits Plants: A Key Emphasis to Its Pharmacological Potential
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Cucurbita genus has received a renowned interest in the last years. This plant species, native to the Americas, has served worldwide folk medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases and intestinal parasites, among other clinical conditions. These pharmacological effects have been increasingly correlated with their nutritional and phytochemical composition. Among those chemical constituents, carotenoids, tocopherols, phenols, terpenoids, saponins, sterols, fatty acids, and functional carbohydrates and polysaccharides are those occurring in higher abundance. However, more recently, a huge interest in a class of triterpenoids, cucurbitacins, has been stated, given its renowned biological attributes. In this sense, the present review aims to provide a detailed overview to the folk medicinal uses of Cucurbita plants, and even an in-depth insight on the latest advances with regards to its antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer effects. A special emphasis was also given to its clinical effectiveness in humans, specifically in blood glucose levels control in diabetic patients and pharmacotherapeutic effects in low urinary tract diseases.
- Tajik State Medical University Tajikistan
- Niğde University Turkey
- University of Calcutta India
- Universidade Lusófona do Porto Portugal
- Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Squash, Blood Glucose, antioxidant, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Ethnobotany, Organic chemistry, Review, Antioxidants, Terpenoid, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Diabetes, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidants, QD241-441, cucurbits, Anti-Infective Agents, Cucurbit Genetics, Antioxidants / chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry, Life Sciences, Cucurbitacins, Folk medicine, Cucurbitacins / pharmacology, Anticancer, Cucurbita / chemistry, Medicine, Antioxidant, Blood Glucose / drug effects, Cucurbitacins / chemistry, Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology, Plant Extracts / chemistry, Nutritional and Functional Potential of Ancient Grains, Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae Family, squash, Phytochemical, anticancer, traditional medicine, Microbiology, Cucurbita, Medicinal plants, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Health Sciences, Genetics, pumpkin, Humans, Biology, Cucurbits, Antioxidants / pharmacology, Plant Extracts, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology, Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry, Botany, Traditional medicine, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, FOS: Biological sciences, Ethnopharmacology, antimicrobial, Antimicrobial, Medicine, Traditional, anticancer; antimicrobial; antioxidant; cucurbits; pumpkin; squash; traditional medicine, Pumpkin, Food Science
Squash, Blood Glucose, antioxidant, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Ethnobotany, Organic chemistry, Review, Antioxidants, Terpenoid, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Diabetes, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidants, QD241-441, cucurbits, Anti-Infective Agents, Cucurbit Genetics, Antioxidants / chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry, Life Sciences, Cucurbitacins, Folk medicine, Cucurbitacins / pharmacology, Anticancer, Cucurbita / chemistry, Medicine, Antioxidant, Blood Glucose / drug effects, Cucurbitacins / chemistry, Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology, Plant Extracts / chemistry, Nutritional and Functional Potential of Ancient Grains, Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae Family, squash, Phytochemical, anticancer, traditional medicine, Microbiology, Cucurbita, Medicinal plants, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Health Sciences, Genetics, pumpkin, Humans, Biology, Cucurbits, Antioxidants / pharmacology, Plant Extracts, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology, Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry, Botany, Traditional medicine, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, FOS: Biological sciences, Ethnopharmacology, antimicrobial, Antimicrobial, Medicine, Traditional, anticancer; antimicrobial; antioxidant; cucurbits; pumpkin; squash; traditional medicine, Pumpkin, Food Science
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