Medicinal plants from the 14th edition of the Russian Pharmacopoeia, recent updates

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 268; no. NA; p. 113685
• Main Authors: Shikov, Alexander N., Narkevich, Igor A., Flisyuk, Elena V., Luzhanin, Vladimir G., Pozharitskaya, Olga N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 25.03.2021
• Subjects: Arctium roots. Betula leaves; drug development; Dryopteris filix-mas; Eleutherococcus senticosus; evolution; herbal medicines; medicinal plants; Populus buds; Rhaponticum carthamoides; Rumex confertus; Russia; therapeutics; traditional medicine; USSR; Veratrum lobelianum; Arctium roots. Betula leaves; Veratrum lobelianum; Populus buds; Rhaponticum carthamoides; Dryopteris filix-mas; Eleutherococcus senticosus; Rumex confertus

Herbal medicine in Russia has a long history starting with handwritten herbalist manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the officinal Pharmacopoeia of the 21st century. The “herbophilious” Russian population has accumulated a lot of knowledge about the beneficial effects of local medicinal plants. Yet,...