Taur Dnyaneshwar J, Patil Ravindra Y
Department of Pharmacognosy, SVPM's College of Pharmacy, Malegaon (bk), Baramati, Maharashtra, India.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2011 Oct;1(5):413-8. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60091-9.
Asthma is a common disease that is rising in prevalence worldwide with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries. Asthma affects about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2025. Since the ancient times, plants have been exemplary sources of medicine. Current asthma therapy lack satisfactory success due to adverse effect, hence patients are seeking complementary and alternative medicine to treat their asthma. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments. India has about 45,000 plant species and among them several thousand are claimed to possess medicinal properties. Researches conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for asthma have shown antiasthmatic, antihistaminic and antiallergic activity. This review reveals that some plants and their extract have antiasthmatic, antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiallergic activity.
哮喘是一种常见疾病，其在全球的患病率正在上升，在工业化国家中患病率最高。全球约有3亿人患有哮喘，据估计，到2025年还将有1亿人受到影响。自古以来，植物一直是药物的典范来源。由于副作用，目前的哮喘治疗缺乏令人满意的效果，因此患者正在寻求补充和替代药物来治疗他们的哮喘。阿育吠陀和其他印度文献提到了植物在各种人类疾病中的应用。印度有大约45000种植物，其中数千种据称具有药用特性。在过去几十年中，对古代文献中提到的或传统上用于治疗哮喘的植物进行的研究表明，它们具有抗哮喘、抗组胺和抗过敏活性。这篇综述表明，一些植物及其提取物具有抗哮喘、抗组胺、抗胆碱能和抗过敏活性。
