Prunella vulgaris L. – A Review of its Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, Quality Control and Pharmacological Effects
Pan J, Wang H, Chen Y · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2022 June 23
DOI 10.3389/fphar.2022.903171
Objective
Prunella vulgaris L. (PVL) is dried fruit spike of Lamiacea plant Prunella vulgaris L., which is a perennial herb with medicinal and edible homology used for thousands of years. PVL is bitter, acrid, cold, and belongs to the liver and gallbladder meridians. It clears the liver and dissipate fire, improve vision, disperse swelling, and has satisfactory clinical therapeutic effects on many diseases such as photophobia, dizziness, scrofula, goiter, breast cancer. This paper reviewes the botany, ethnopharmacology, traditional application, phytochemistry, analytical methods, quality control, pharmacological effects of PVL.
Conclusions
In summary, PVL has abundant resources and extensive pharmacological effects. In the future, with the joint efforts of scholars, PVL will continue to play an important clinical application value and great potential for drug resource development with its unique advantages, and will also have a certain development and application prospect in the beverage and health products industry.
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