author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Husseiny A. H. Elgindi and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
Synonym
Pistacia lentiscus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 1026 (1753); Boulos, Fl. Egypt 2:76 (2000).
family name
ANACARDIACEAE
genus name
Pistacia
- Proximate Composition, Carbohydrates and Lipids
- Essential Oils
- Triterpenes and Sterols
- Flavonoids and Other Phenolics
- Other Constituents
The aerial part of Pistacia lentiscus is used in some regions of Spain as a popular cure for hypertension (Villar et al., 1987).
In Tunisia, the plant is used as treatment against various pains and rheumatism (Lemordant et al., 1977).
The resin of Pistacia lentiscus has been widely used for its antiulcer activity, to treat catarrh and as a stimulan.
A polymeric procyanidine glycoside, isolated from Pistacia lentiscus was shown to have hypotensive activity (Sanz et al., 1992,1993).
It also inhibited the hypertensive response to angiotensin I, indicating the possible involvement of angiotensin system in its mechanism of action (Sanchez et al., 1993).
location
egypt