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A Comprehensive Review of Vaginitis Phytotherapy |
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Hanieh Azimi,
Mehrnaz Fallah-Tafti,
Maliheh Karimi-Darmiyan and Mohammad Abdollahi |
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To overview phytotherapy of vaginitis in order to identify new approaches for new pharmacological treatments. All related literature databases were searched for herbal medicinal treatment in vaginitis. The search terms were plant, herb, herbal therapy, phytotherapy, vaginitis, vaginal, anti-candida, anti-bacterial and anti-trichomonas. All of the human, animal and in vitro studies were included. Anti-candida, anti-bacterial and anti-trichomonas effects were the key outcomes. The plants including carvacrol, 1,8-cineole, geranial, germacrene-D, limonene, linalool, menthol, terpinen-4-ol and thymol exhibited anti-candida effects. A very low concentration of geranium oil and geraniol blocked mycelial growth, but not yeast. Tea tree oil including terpinen-4-ol, α-terpinene, γ-terpinene and α-terpineol showed anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-protozoal properties against trichomonas. Allium hirtifolium (persian shallot) comparable to metronidazole exhibited anti-trichomonas activity due to its components such as allicin, ajoene and other organosulfides. The plants having beneficial effects on vaginitis encompass essential oils that clear the pathway that future studies should be focused to standardize theses herbs.
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How to cite this article:
Hanieh Azimi, Mehrnaz Fallah-Tafti, Maliheh Karimi-Darmiyan and Mohammad Abdollahi, 2011. A Comprehensive Review of Vaginitis Phytotherapy. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 14: 960-966.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.960.966
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2011.960.966
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