Abstract

MAJOR GENERA OF PAPAVERACEAE (POPPY) PLANT FAMILY IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. PART I: FUMARIA (FUMITORY)

Abdullatif Azab*

Abstract

Fumaria is one of the genera included in the Papaveraceae plant family. All the species of this family have notable alkaloid content, and Fumaria alkaloids will be presented and discussed. Traditional medicine used these plants for a variety of purposes. The presence of the Fumaria plants in the reviewed region (RR) is very highly debated, and this will be introduced and discussed as well. Modern research studied some of these species extensively but not enough for others. The medicinal properties-activities that were published are of a high diversity, and these will be presented in easy-to-use tables. Significant previous published review articles about Fumaria plants of RR with be presented compared with this review article. The structures of most of the natural products that were isolated from these plants will be shown in separate figures. The indirect products of these plants and some other properties will be introduced in the discussion section.

Keywords: Papaveraceae, Fumaria, hepatoprotective, alkaloids, ethnomedicine, chemical composition, Fumaria officinalis, Fumaria parviflora, review articles, nanoparticles.