Genus Salsola : chemistry, biological activities and future prospective-a review

Murshid, Samar S. A. and Atoum, Dana and Abou-Hussein, Dina R. and Abdallah, Hossam M. and Hareeri, Rawan H. and Almukadi, Haifa and Edrada-Ebel, RuAngelie (2022) Genus Salsola : chemistry, biological activities and future prospective-a review. Plants, 11 (6). 714. ISSN 2223-7747 (https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060714)

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Abstract

The genus Salsola L. (Russian thistle, Saltwort) includes halophyte plants and is considered one of the largest genera in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus involves annual semi-dwarf to dwarf shrubs and woody tree. The genus Salsola is frequently overlooked, and few people are aware of its significance. The majority of studies focus on pollen morphology and species identification. Salsola has had little research on its phytochemical makeup or biological effects. Therefore, we present this review to cover all aspects of genus Salsola, including taxonomy, distribution, differences in the chemical constituents and representative examples of isolated compounds produced by various species of genus Salsola and in relation to their several reported biological activities for use in folk medicine worldwide.

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