Hanieh Azimi, Ali-Asghar Khakshur, Iman Aghdasi, Mehrnaz Fallah-Tafti, Mohammad Abdollahi
OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we reviewed plants being effective in treatment of BPH for the purpose of finding new sources of pharmaceutical agents. METHODS: All pertinent literature databases were searched. The search keywords were plant, herb, herbal therapy, phytotherapy, benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH, and prostate. All of the human, animal and in vitro studies were evaluated. RESULTS: According to the studies, some of the substantial effective constituents of the plants in treatment of BPH are oenothein B, icaritin, xanthohumol, diarylheptanoid, 2,6,4'-trihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, emodin, fatty acids, atraric acid, n-butylbenzene-sulfonamide, curbicin, theaflavin-3,30-digallate, penta-O-galloyl-b-D-glucose, lycopene, sinalbin, β-sitosterol, secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, genistein, apigenin, baicalein, and daidzein...
June 2012: Inflammation & Allergy Drug Targets