First Cardiology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
First Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 16121 Athens, Greece.
Nutrients. 2022 Jan 28;14(3):590. doi: 10.3390/nu14030590.
Despite the remarkable development of the medical industry in the current era, herbal products with therapeutic potentials arise as attractive alternative treatments. Consequently, Chios mastiha, a natural, aromatic resin obtained from the trunk and brunches of the mastic tree, has recently gained increasing scientific interest due to its multiple beneficial actions. Chios mastiha is being exclusively produced on the southern part of Chios, a Greek island situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and its therapeutic properties have been known since Greek antiquity. There is now substantial evidence to suggest that mastiha demonstrates a plethora of favorable effects, mainly attributed to the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties of its components. The main use of mastiha nowadays, however, is for the production of natural chewing gum, although an approval by the European Medicines Agency for mild dyspeptic disorders and for inflammations of the skin has been given. The aim of this article is to summarize the most important data about the therapeutic actions of Chios mastiha and discuss future fields for its medical application.
尽管当前时代医学行业取得了显著发展，但具有治疗潜力的草药产品作为有吸引力的替代疗法出现了。因此，乳香树，一种从乳香树的树干和树枝中提取的天然芳香树脂，由于其多种有益作用，最近引起了越来越多的科学关注。乳香仅在希腊岛屿希俄斯岛的南部生产，该岛位于北爱琴海，其治疗特性自希腊古代就已为人所知。现在有大量证据表明，乳香表现出多种有利的作用，主要归因于其成分的抗炎和抗氧化特性。然而，乳香的主要用途现在是生产天然口香糖，尽管欧洲药品管理局已批准用于轻度消化不良和皮肤炎症。本文的目的是总结关于希俄斯乳香治疗作用的最重要数据，并讨论其在医学应用中的未来领域。
