ArticleViewAbstractPharmacognosy Journal,2020,12,3,667-673 .DOI:10.5530/pj.2020.12.98Published:May 2020Type:Review ArticleLathraea squamaria L. (Orobanchaceae): A Review of its Botany, Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses and PharmacologyBokov DO, Barkalova VE, Suslikova MA, Sokhin DM, Kakhramanova SD, Rendyuk TD, Strelyaeva AV, Antsyshkina AM, Balobanova NP, Prostodusheva TV, Grikh VV, Krasnyuk II1 (junior), Marakhova AI, and Moiseev DV Bokov DO1,2,#,*, Barkalova VE3,#, Suslikova MA1, Sokhin DM1, Kakhramanova SD1,4, Rendyuk TD1, Strelyaeva AV1, Antsyshkina AM1, Balobanova NP1, Prostodusheva TV1, Grikh VV1, Krasnyuk II1 (junior), Marakhova AI5, Moiseev DV6 1Institute of Pharmacy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 8 Trubetskaya St., bldg. 2, Moscow, 119991, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 2Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Federal Research Center of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, 2/14 Ustyinsky pr., Moscow, 109240, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 3Faculty of Pediatrics, Siberian State Medical University, 2 Moscow tract, 634050, Tomsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 4Department of State Pharmacopoeia and pharmacopoeia analysis, Federal State Budgetary Institution “Scientific Centre for Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products”, 8/2 Petrovsky Boulevard, Moscow, 127051, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 5Pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy chair, Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 6Chair of Standardization of Medicines, Vitebsk State Medical University, 27, Frunze avenue, Vitebsk, 210062, BELARUS. #Bokov DO, Barkalova V.E. contributed equally to this work. Abstract:This paper presents the results of the review pharmacognostic study of common toothwort, a perennial plant, parasitizing on the roots of trees. Currently, in Russian traditional medicine, there is considerable experience in the use of сommon toothwort (Lathraea squamaria L.) herb and roots as antitumoral, biligenic, infertility-treatment and diuretic drugs. The chemical composition of L. squamaria has not been quite well determined. Phenylethanoid glycosides (acteoside, isoacteoside), iridoid glycosides (aucubin, and aucuboside ester, 6'-O-glucopyranosyl-aucubin, melampyroside, 6'-O-glucopyranosyl melampyroside), simple sugars, fatty acids, organic acids, β-sitosterol were identified. Further study of L. squamaria raw materials is a very promising field including implementation in official medicine. Keywords:Aucubin, Chemical compounds, Common toothwort, Iridoids, Lathraea squamaria, Orobanchaceae, Parasitic plantsView:PDF (6.02 MB) PDF Images The common toothwort in bloom stage ‹ A Review on Genus Saurauia: Chemical Compounds and their Biological Activity up