| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Flaxseed is a plant that grows and is cultivated in more than 50 countries; the main flax producer countries are Canada, China, the United States, and India. The purpose of the present study was to overview the source, chemical compounds, and mechanisms of the therapeutic effects of this valuable plant. For writing this manuscript, we made a list of relevant keywords and phrases, and then we started searching for studies in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. The main constituents of flaxseed include lipids, proteins, lignans, fibers, and minerals. Flaxseed is full of antioxidants such as tocopherols, betacarotene, cysteine, and methionine which result in a decrease in blood pressure, heart disease, hepatic and neurological disorders, and increased insulin sensitivity. Flaxseed is commonly used for its antidiabetic and anticancer activities and also it is beneficial for cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, urological, and reproductive disorders, and because of these beneficial effects, it is recognized as a medical plant. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
| Babak Ebrahimi
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Zohreh Nazmara
Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
| Negar Hassanzadeh
Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Atousa Yarahmadi
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Neda Ghaffari
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Fatemeh Hassani
Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
| Amirreza Liaghat
Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Mashhad, Iran
| Leila Noori
Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran|Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Gholamreza Hasanzadeh
Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran|Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran|Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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