Assay of phar
Assay of pharmacological features of phoenix Dactylifera in the view of traditional and modern medicine
Sahar, Rabani Khorasgani¹(Corresponder), Fatemeh, Saboktakin Rizi², Sayid Mahdi, Mirghazanfari ³
1. Medical Student, School of Medicine, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Medical Student, School of Medicine, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3. Assistant Professor, MD-PhD of Physiology, Department of Physiology,
School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: Date
palm is used in Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM) and some other Complementary
Medicines to prevent and treat some diseases such as limbs and face paralysis,
renal and rheumatic diseases. Stanching diarrhea and revealing malignant wounds
are some usages of the seed; however since the adverse effect of excess date
palm usage has not been studied precisely, we decided to gather more
information about date palm. Method: The aim of article is to
collect scientific information about pharmacological effects of date palm
published in the medical journals indexed in electronic references Medline,
SID, PubMed, Google scholar. Articles published about date palm show traits
like antioxidant, ant mutant, antiulcer, ant diarrheal, gastrointestinal
transit and blood sugar and lipid effect. Liver and kidney protective, sexual
stimulator and also allergic consequence are approved. In the view of
Traditional Iranian Medicine, the excess use can cause liver and spleen
dysfunction, headache, toothache and mouth ulcer. Result: the
review shows that date palm affect the gastrointestinal transit, blood sugar,
progress of pregnancy and memory. More researches are suggested about clinical
effects and side effects of date palm utilization.
[Sahar, Rabani Khorasgani, Fatemeh, Saboktakin Rizi, Sayid Mahdi,
Mirghazanfari. Assay of pharmacological features of phoenix Dactylifera
in the view of traditional and modern medicine. Life Sci J 2013;10(7s):430-435]
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