PHARMACEUTICAL ASSESMENT OF ROMANIAN CROPS OF
ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS (APIACEAE)
BRUNO ŞTEFAN VELESCU1#, VALENTINA ANUŢA2#*, GEORGE MIHAI NIȚULESCU3#, OCTAVIAN TUDOREL OLARU4#, ALINA ORȚAN5#, DANIELA IONESCU6#, MIHAELA VIOLETA GHICA2#, CRISTINA MANUELA DRĂGOI7#, CRISTINA ELENA DINU PÎRVU2#
1“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical
Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania
2“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Physical and Colloidal
Chemistry, 6 Traian Vuia Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania
3“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 6
Traian Vuia Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania
4“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, 6
Traian Vuia Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania
5 University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering,
Bucharest, Romania
6 S.C. Hofigal Export-Import S.A., Bucharest, Romania Intr. Serelor Street no.2, district 4, 042124
7“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biochemistry, 6 Traian Vuia
Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania
*corresponding author: vali_anuta@yahoo.com
# All authors have equal contribution.
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Abstract:
Anthriscus sylvestris is a traditional remedy for various diseases due to the lignans contained by the root. The aerial parts of
the plant are also used in the traditional medicine, but the pharmacological studies are limited. The objective of the study was
to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of A. sylvestris aerial parts in order to capitalize the plants highly adaptability and
ability to grow rapidly in almost any type of soil. The obtained results proved that the obtained and characterized A. sylvestris
aerial parts extract exerted anti-inflammatory effects in rat induced inflammation models.






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