TITLE:
Loranthus europaeus as an Alternative Medicine in Treatment of Acute Cutaneous Lesihmaniasis: Review Article
AUTHORS:
Khalifa E. Sharquie, Adil A. Noaimi, Banaz A. Saleh
KEYWORDS:
Cutaneous Leishmaniasisis, Loranthus europaeus, Alternative Medicine
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications,
Vol.6 No.1,
March
10,
2016
ABSTRACT: Loranthus europaeus (LE) is a well-known medical plant that has been used as a folk medicine for long time ago. Recently many different researches have shown that it contains many bioactive compounds like: flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoides, phenolic acids and others. Cutaneous Leishmaniasisis (CL) is an endemic disease in Iraq since ancient time and now it is running major outbreaks. There are many modalities of treatments but researchers are always seeking for new treatments. Most recently Loranthus europaeus has been tried in treatment of CL in a form of 40% ointment and gives a very encouraging result when compared with other standard treatments.