Therapeutic potential of medicinal plants for the management of scabies
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- Volume 34Issue 4Dermatologic Therapy
- First Published online: June 21, 2021
Muhammad Akram
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Department of Allied Health Sciences, Sargodha Medical College, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorSarwat Noreen
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMohammad A. Shariati
Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry (Semey branch), Semey, Kazakhstan
Search for more papers by this authorGhazala Shaheen
College of Conventional Medicine, Department of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorNaheed Akhter
College of Allied Health Professional, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorSadia Zafar
Department of Botany, University of Education (Lahore), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Rayaz College of Eastern Medicine, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan
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Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Rida Zainab
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Correspondence
Rida Zainab, Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Akram
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMuhammad Riaz
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Sargodha Medical College, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorSarwat Noreen
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorMohammad A. Shariati
Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry (Semey branch), Semey, Kazakhstan
Search for more papers by this authorGhazala Shaheen
College of Conventional Medicine, Department of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorNaheed Akhter
College of Allied Health Professional, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorFarzana Parveen
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorNaheed Akhtar
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorSadia Zafar
Department of Botany, University of Education (Lahore), Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAymen Owais Ghauri
Faculty of Pharmacy, Rayaz College of Eastern Medicine, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorZerfishan Riaz
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorFahad S. Khan
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorShamaila Kausar
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Rida Zainab
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Correspondence
Rida Zainab, Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
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Sarcoptes scabiei (S. scabiei), a parasite mite which causes scabies disease resulting in serious public health concern. The long-term scabies disease can lead to complications such as septicemia, acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, heart disease, and secondary infections. Timely treatment to the affected patients is required to control the disease and get rid of the causative agent. Delayed diagnosis and inappropriate treatment can lead to serious consequences. The most common treatment strategy is the use of allopathic medicines which can immediately relieve the patient but have the drawback of side effects. The safe and cost-effective alternative treatment strategy is the use of medicinal plants which have beneficial therapeutic potential against variety of diseases due to the presence of many bioactive phytoconstituents with no or minimal side effects. For the present review, the published articles describing scabies disease and its phytotherapeutic modalities were searched through different data bases including Google Scholar, PubMed, Medline, and ScienceDirect using the keywords like S. scabiei, prevalence of scabies disease, and phytotherapy of scabies. A large number of medicinal plants, such as Melaleuca alternifolia, Curcuma longa, Azadirachta indica, Rosmarinus officinalis, Capsicum annuum, Cinnamomum camphor, Solanum nigrum, and Eupatorium perfoliatum, have been reviewed for the promising future treatments of scabies. All the studied plants have many bioactive compounds with potential therapeutic effects against scabies and can be utilized for therapeutic purposes for this disease. This literature study has limitations because of the lack of sufficient data due to limited pre-clinical trials in this particular area. This review provides a baseline to explore the therapeutic potential of these medicinal plants against skin diseases. However, extensive studies are required to identify, authenticate, and characterize the bioactive compounds present in these plants which may lead to value addition in pharmaceutical industries providing the cost-effective way of treatment with minimal side effects.
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