Release Date: 2024-05-31

Current Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Muzaffer Mukemre (Author), Abdullah Dalar (Author)

Release Date: 2024-05-31

This chapter presents botanical and chemical properties, and therapeutic potential in neurological diseases of medicinal plants currently utilized in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological brain disease that accompanied by movement disorders. Currently used modern medicines such as levodopa have serious side effects and therefore safe, and effective medicines from natural [...]

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    This chapter presents botanical and chemical properties, and therapeutic potential in neurological diseases of medicinal plants currently utilized in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological brain disease that accompanied by movement disorders. Currently used modern medicines such as levodopa have serious side effects and therefore safe, and effective medicines from natural sources with minimized side effects are necessary for the management and/or treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Natural sources especially plant-based materials are rich in antioxidant compounds and therefore, they can be examined for the discovery of new drugs that can be used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Within this chapter 18 common medicinal plants including Centella asiatica, Panax ginseng, Carthamus tinctorius, Mucuna pruriens, Gingko biloba, Hypericum perforatum, Ocimum santam, Hibiscus asper, Sida cordifolia, Tinospora cordifolia, Peganum harmala, Paeonia lactiflora, Bacopa monnieri, Polygola tenuifolia, Polygonum cuspidatum, Withania somnifera, Camellia sinensis, and Curcuma longa were reviewed. All medicinal plants reported in this chapter were found to have a common mode of action, namely stabilizing redox and stimulating mitochondrial function. It was determined that the chemical compounds of the plant species mentioned in this chapter have significant anti-Parkinson performance and therefore can be examined in clinical Parkinson’s studies which targeted for the discovery of natural-based effective and safe anti-Parkinson drugs.

    Muzaffer Mukemre (Author)
    Associate Professor, Hakkari University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6154-6603
    3Dr Muzaffer Mukemre earned his bachelor degree in Biology. He earned his MSc and PhD degrees in Botany. He has been worked in plant sciences including ethnobotany, taxonomy, pharmaceutial botany, and phytochemistry since 2010. He contributed plant sciences by publishing several research articles and book chapters. He has been worked in Hakkari University. He is co-founder of Hakkari University Biodiversity Research Herbarium (VPH) and researcher in Mardin Artuklu University Herbarium (MARIUM).

    Abdullah Dalar (Author)
    Assistant Professor, Hakkari University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0080-2519
    3Dr Abdullah Dalar completed his bachelor education in Biology. He earned his MSc degree in Plant Biotechnology, PhD degree in Plant Biology, and associate professorship degree in Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy. He is self-motivated, creative researcher with 15 years of plant sciences (botanical and ecological studies), specialising in botany (including systematics, pharmaceutical botany), ethnobotany, plant conservation, plant ecology, and plant analytical studies (chemical composition and biological activities). He published several research articles indexed in WOS and contributed several book chapters regards to Plant Sciences. He has been worked as a researcher both in Türkiye (Van Yuzuncu Yil University and Mardin Artuklu University) and Australia (Western Sydney University and CSIRO Australia). He is co-founder of Hakkari University Biodiversity Research Herbarium (VPH) and Mardin Artuklu University Herbarium (MARIUM).

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