Klaudia Nawrot
Ewelina Polak-Szczybyło
Agnieszka Stępień
Characteristics of the health-promoting properties of Cornus mas
Klaudia Nawrot
Ewelina Polak-Szczybyło
Agnieszka Stępień
Dietitians’ Scientific Club section Food safety at Department of Dietetics, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Department of Dietetics, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Department of Dietetics, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Received: 1 October 2021 / Revised: 8 February 2022 / Accepted: 14 February 2022 / Published: 30 June 2022
Abstract
Introduction and aim. The medicinal properties of Cornus mas L. have been used in European and Asian folk medicine for many centuries in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. The high biological activity of the plant results primarily from the presence of valuable ingredients, including anthocyanins, flavonoids and iridoid compounds. The aim of the article is to present the role of bioactive ingredients present in C.mas that determine its health-promoting properties.
Material and methods. Review and analysis of the scientific literature.
Analysis of the literature. The summarize information about in the field of phytochemical properties and therapeutic effects, among others anticancer, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, cardioprotective and antibacterial.
Conclusion. The results of many in vitro and in vivo scientific studies They indicate the possibility of the potential use of Cornelian cherry to obtain valuable nutraceutical and pharmacological substances.
Cite
Nawrot K, Polak-Szczybyło E, Stępień AE. Characteristics of the health-promoting properties of Cornus mas. Eur J Clin Exp Med. 2022;20(2):217–223. doi: 10.15584/ejcem.2022.2.11
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