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The most commonly used medicinal plants from Croatia

In this chapter, most commonly used medicinal plants in complementary medicine in Croatia are reviewed: chamomile, lavender, chaste tree, black elder, hypericum, buckthorn, rosemary, and sage. These plants contain various biologically active substances such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, essential oils and anthraquinones which are responsible for different pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, hepatoprotective, etc. Description of each medicinal plant includes: botanical designation, medicinal drugs, origin, distribution, parts used for medicinal purpose with the chemical constituents responsible for specific pharmacological activity along with mechanism of action accompanied with chemical structure, pharmaceutical forms of drugs accompanied by dosage, side effects, contraindication and precaution, adulterants identifiers, possible substitutes, processing and information about available commercial products on national and international levels, where applicable. Information provided include summary of basic knowledge of the plant and is accompanied with recent researches in this field

medicinal plants, Croatia

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