Amorpha fruticosa L.: chemical composition, pharmacological activity, prospects of application

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This review is devoted to the study of the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of the plant – Amorpha fruticosa L., growing in the Astrakhan region. According to scientific literature, it was revealed that A. fruticosa contains a unique complex of biologically active compounds, and various extracts based on it exhibit antioxidant, antidiabetic, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor activity. Analysis of the results of modern studies indicates the uniqueness of the chemical, physiological and therapeutic properties of this plant. This creates real prerequisites for the scientifically substantiated use of Amorpha as a means of preventing and treating metabolic, oncological and many other diseases, the pathogenetic mechanisms of which include changes in the antioxidant system, the development of oxidative stress, and inflammatory processes.

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A. A. Tsibizova

Astrakhan State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: sasha3633@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9994-4751
SPIN-code: 2206-3898

Ph.D. (Pharm.), Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology

Russian Federation, 121 Bakinskaya St., Astrakhan, 414000

V. Kh. Murtalieva

Astrakhan State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: murtalieva90@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0860-4952
SPIN-code: 8085-8200

Assistant of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology

Russian Federation, 121 Bakinskaya St., Astrakhan, 414000

M. U. Sergalieva

Astrakhan State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: charlina_astr@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9630-2913
SPIN-code: 7976-9321

Ph.D. (Biol.), Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology

Russian Federation, 121 Bakinskaya St., Astrakhan, 414000

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