Review Article Descurainia sophia (L.): a weed with multiple medicinal uses

摘要: Descurainia sophia (L.) is a dicot annual weed, distributed in many countries of Asia, Europe, Africa and America. In China it throughout most the wheat producing regions has long been used traditional Chinese medicines to cure different ailments. It an impressive range medicinal uses good source proteins, amino acids, fatty cholesterol, lactones, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, aryldihydronaphthoic acid, glucosinolates other phenolic compounds. Seeds this plant are relieve cough, prevent asthma, reduce edema, promote urination possess cardiotonic, antitumor, antipyretic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, anthelmintic analgesic activities. addition, seeds rich variety volatile oils.