A comprehensive review of vaginitis phytotherapy

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,...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of biological sciences 2011-11, Vol.14 (21), p.960-966
Main Authors: Azimi, Hanieh, Fallah-Tafti, Mehrnaz, Karimi-Darmiyan, Maliheh, Abdollahi, Mohammad
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Female
Humans
Oils, Volatile - pharmacology
Oils, Volatile - therapeutic use
Phytotherapy - methods
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
Plant Extracts - therapeutic use
Plant Oils - pharmacology
Plant Oils - therapeutic use
Vaginitis - drug therapy
Vaginitis - microbiology
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Summary: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, alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene and alpha-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.
ISSN:1028-8880
DOI:10.3923/pjbs.2011.960.966