New perspectives on antiacne plant drugs: contribution to modern therapeutics.

Abstract

Acne is a common but serious skin disease, which affects approximately 80% adolescents and young adults in 11-30 age group. 42.5% of men and 50.9% of women continue to suffer from this disease into their twenties. Bacterial resistance is now at the alarming stage due to the irrational use of antibiotics. Hence, search for new lead molecule/bioactive and rational delivery of the existing drug (for better therapeutic effect) to the site of action is the need of the hour. Plants and plant-derived products have been an integral part of health care system since time immemorial. Therefore, plants that are currently used for the treatment of acne and those with a high potential are summarized in the present review. Most active plant extracts, namely, P. granatum, M. alba, A. anomala, and M. aquifolium exhibit minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in the range of 4-50 µg/mL against P. acnes, while aromatic oils of C. obovoides, C. natsudaidai, C. japonica, and C. nardus possess MICs 0.005-0.6 μL/mL and phytomolecules such as rhodomyrtone, pulsaquinone, hydropulsaquinone, honokiol, magnolol, xanthohumol lupulones, chebulagic acid and rhinacanthin-C show MIC in the range of 0.5-12.5 μg/mL. Novel drug delivery strategies of important plant leads in the treatment of acne have also been discussed.

• Authors: Priyam Sinha, Shruti Srivastava, Nidhi Mishra, Narayan Prasad Yadav
• Journal: BioMed research international (Biomed Res Int) Vol. 2014 Pg. 301304 ( 2014) ISSN: 2314-6141 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25147793 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Plant Extracts

Topics

• Acne Vulgaris (drug therapy)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Phytotherapy (methods)
• Plant Extracts (therapeutic use)
• Plants, Medicinal (chemistry)