Owira Peter M O, Ojewole John A O
Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Phytother Res. 2009 Feb;23(2):147-52. doi: 10.1002/ptr.2595.
The traditional uses, therapeutic attributes, phytochemical and pharmacological profiles of 'African potato' (Hypoxis hemerocallidea corm) extracts have been reviewed. Available biomedical evidence suggests that 'African potato' is a potential plant-medicine for some modern and 21st century diseases of mankind. Thus far, biomedical evidence has revealed that 'African potato' extracts possess antiinflammatory, antineoplastic, antioxidant, antidiabetic and antiinfective properties in vivo and in vitro. However, more laboratory and clinical studies are required to clarify these observations, and to isolate, purify and characterize the active chemical constituents responsible for the herb's pharmaco-therapeutic effects.
对“非洲土豆”（仙茅属植物的球茎）提取物的传统用途、治疗特性、植物化学成分及药理特性进行了综述。现有生物医学证据表明，“非洲土豆”是治疗人类一些现代及21世纪疾病的一种潜在植物药。迄今为止，生物医学证据显示，“非洲土豆”提取物在体内和体外均具有抗炎、抗肿瘤、抗氧化、抗糖尿病及抗感染特性。然而，需要更多的实验室和临床研究来阐明这些观察结果，并分离、纯化和鉴定导致该草药药理治疗作用的活性化学成分。
