Specific Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Plants and Their Role in Stress Adaptation
Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Medicinal plant use has developed during all periods of human beings. Special interest in the antioxidant, inflammatory, and antiviral potential of extracts from medicinal plants is caused by the presence of specific secondary metabolites. The current review presents information about more effective and safer applied sources to support the immunomodulatory potential for healthy human consumption. Words such as “immunomodulatory potential,” “immunostimulator,” “medicinal plants,” and “secondary metabolites” were used in search of scientific literature in the scientific databases Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge databases. Among the selected plants with immunomodulatory potential, the highest number of representatives was from families Lamiaceae , Asteraceae , Apiaceae , Cucurbitaceae , and Fabaceae . Systematic analysis based on the immunomodulatory potential of the plant and the presence of specific secondary metabolites in plant parts such as roots and underground stem, the aerial vegetative part, and reproductive part of whole-plant extract is presented. The secondary metabolites of groups terpenes (terpenoids), phenolic acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, and stilbenes have been described for each selected plant, which shows immunomodulatory and stress adaptation potential. The scheme of primary and secondary metabolites biosynthesis from primary plant metabolism has shown. The role of some specific primary and secondary metabolites in the formation of stress adaptation is shown. Presented data can be used as a scientific vocabulary for screening secondary metabolites with possible stress adaptation and immunomodulatory potential in the selected plant database.
Source: Wiley eBooks
Authors: Oksana Sytar, Shokoofeh Hajihashemi
Language: English
Topic: Medicinal Plant Research
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4403514701