ABSTRACT

The genus Cyclotrichium includes nine species that are mainly distributed in Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran, and are used in the kitchen, and also in complementary medicine to treat various diseases. During recent years, considerable progress has been made in analyzing their phytochemical composition in parallel with their antimicrobial properties and their therapeutic potentials. This study reviews the present knowledge about investigations on antimicrobial, insecticidal, and anticancer properties of the essential oils and any other purified chemical compounds of the Cyclotrichium species. Various phytochemicals have been isolated from the extracts of the plants of this genus having significant biological and therapeutic potentials. In conclusion, these gathered data strongly support the viewpoint that the species belonging to the genus Cyclotrichium have various biological and pharmaceutical activities to treat various diseases including cancer in addition to the remarkable antimicrobial and insecticidal potential with no or minimal health and environmental hazards.

摘要

Cyclotrichium属包括九种，主要分布在土耳其、黎巴嫩、伊拉克和伊朗，用于厨房，也用于补充医学以治疗各种疾病。近年来，在分析它们的植物化学成分及其抗菌特性和治疗潜力方面取得了相当大的进展。本研究回顾了目前关于研究精油和任何其他提纯的Cyclotrichium化合物的抗菌、杀虫和抗癌特性的知识物种。已从该属植物的提取物中分离出多种具有显着生物学和治疗潜力的植物化学物质。总之，这些收集到的数据有力地支持了这样一种观点，即属于Cyclotrichium属的物种除了具有显着的抗菌和杀虫潜力外，还具有各种生物和药物活性，可以治疗包括癌症在内的各种疾病，而对健康和环境没有危害或危害极小。