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and finally wound healing drugs are used. Some cleansing and emollient herbal medi­cines are juice of jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), violet, poppy, root of dog rose, flower of mallow, seeds of sebesten (Cordia myxa), chicory (Cichorium intybus), quince (Cydonia oblonga), and traganth gum. Some multi­herbal drying medicines are “caraway maʿ- jun” (maʿjun is an oral, semisolid traditional medicine consisting of several herbs with honey), athānasyā maʿjun, lozenge of lin­seed, mitrādāte maʿjun, and Armenian bole poultice. If the lung ulcer is old, tar with honey is recommended for a small spoon only once. For treatment of fever, sugar syrup including fennel seeds, licorice root paste, and maidenhair fern extract is very effective. Avicenna has considered the in­cense (administered by funnel) of natural compounds such as pepper, sweet olive leaves, birthwort (Aristolochia spp.), caper root bark, and poplar bark to clean and dry lung ulcers. It is stated in Canon that con­suming a herbal mixture made from rose petals and sugar (which is mentioned in Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) books) every day for a year is very effective for treating TB.
For people with TB, consumption of cer­tain foods – such as poultry meat (Francoli- nus spp.), barley juice, wheat bread, rice soup, pumpkin, raisins, crabs, vegetables, lentils, cucumber, casaba melon, cabbage, and asparagus – as well as beverages such as sweet white wine, oxymel, or a drink con
­taining sorrel is recommended. These pa­tients should not be angry and should rest. Drinking buttermilk is highly recommended in patients with TB in accordance with the principles. The lactating animal should eat plants that are effective in healing lung ul­cers like knotgrass.
Myrtle seed, violet seed, bamboo cane, traganth, burnt crabs, hemp, gum arabic, lily juice with purslane juice, and cucumber juice are useful for bloody cough. Rubbing carved red or white sandalwood in rose water with a little clay topically on the right side of the chest is useful for the treatment of uvulitis (Ibn Sinā, 2015a).
Brief Review on the Most Common
Types of Tuberculosis and Their
Treatments in Modern Medicine
Tuberculosis
TB is caused by M. tuberculosis, which is a nonmotile, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium and is transmitted through droplet infection (Suárez etal., 2019). After inhalation, the bacterium grows intercellularly and extra­cellularly in the well-ventilated lung, espe­cially in the alveolar macrophages. Intracel­lular bacteria also survive the body’s defense mechanism and form the tuberculous granu­lomas (Stewart et al., 2003). Most patients develop a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) without any clinical symptoms (WHO, 2018). The risk of reactivation of the TB infection is higher in the first 2 years after the initial in­fection and in children and those with un­treated HIV infection (WHO, 2018). Also, the risk of TB reactivation increases in con­ditions of immunosuppression such as dia­betes mellitus and terminal kidney failure (Suárez etal., 2019).
Latent tuberculosis infection
LTBI is an infection with a vital nonreplicat­ing TB pathogen. The results of immunologic tests (interferon-γ release assays) are positive but signs cannot be detected on the radio­graph. These people have no clinical symp­toms and they are not contagious, but their infections can become active by weakening the cellular immunity (Suárez etal., 2019).
Forms of disease
Pulmonary tuberculosis
In 2017, almost three-quarters of TB cases registered in Germany affected the lungs (Brodhun et al., 2019). These people had shown symptoms such as fever, night sweats, fatigue, violent cough, and hemoptysis. In
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people without immunodeficiency, pulmon­ary TB progresses slowly, but in children and people with immunodeficiency, it progresses much faster (Suárez etal., 2019).
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Prevalence of extrapulmonary TB is very low; however, reports from some regions have shown that it is increasing. It is more common in children and immunocomprom­ised individuals and its symptoms vary de­pending on the individual organ involved (Oliveira et al., 2007). In 2017, half of ex­trapulmonary TB cases registered in Ger­many involved lymph node TB (Brodhun etal., 2019). Disseminated TB is an infection in which mycobacteria have spread from the lungs to two or more organ systems; it was previously seen only in children or persons with immune suppression, but has now also been identified in people without defective immune systems (Suárez etal., 2019).
Treatment
The World Health Organization (WHO) has de­veloped a new strategy to control TB called DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short­course). Treating TB generally requires taking several antibiotics for a long time (Bansal etal.,
2018). The aim of TB treatment is to cure the disease and reduce its transmission. Anti-TB drug regimens are usually successful with effi­cacy of up to 95%, but this percentage varies with location. The DOTS strategy has five elements: political commitment and financial support to control TB; identifying patients; providing an effective and standard medication regimen; ensuring regular supply of medicine; and reporting of the results. The importance of using this strategy is greater in children, the elderly, and homeless persons, and for people with drug-resistant TB (Rabahi etal., 2017).
Standard treatment
Conservative treatment for pulmonary TB includes 2 months of quadruple therapy with
INH, RMP, pyrazinamide (PZA), and etham­butol (EMB), followed directly by a further 4 months of dual administration of RMP and INH (Bass etal., 1994; Suárez etal., 2019).
In extrapulmonary forms, depending on the organ involved, higher dosage and longer treatment are needed, such as TB of the central nervous system, which requires 12 months of treatment (Suárez et al., 2019).
Resistance to standard drugs and
preventive treatment
In some patients, resistance to one of the abovementioned TB drugs (INH, EMB, RMP, PZA, streptomycin) may occur. Multiple re­sistance occurs when resistance to more than one drug (including RMP or INH) is ob­served. This requires prolonged treatment in specialized centers where the use of fluoroquinolone is replaced accordingly (Suárez etal., 2019).
Preventive treatment means treating the bacteria at rest. It is important for people with HIV or those taking immuno­suppressive drugs to reduce the risk of bac­terial activation (Suárez etal., 2019).
Adverse effects
Side effects of applied TB drugs include skin complications such as flushing and itching (mostly with RMP and INH), gastrointes­tinal complications such as nausea and vomiting, visual side effects (with EMB and streptomycin), hepatotoxicity, arthralgia, and neuropathy such as tingling. Side effects are often mild, such as gastrointestinal side effects or exanthema, which are treated symptomatically, but sometimes these com­plications are severe (4 to 9% of patients). In severe hepatotoxicity, temporary discon­tinuation of treatment is required. Ophthal­mologic examination at 4-week intervals is recommended for the detection of visual neuroma (less than 1% of patients with EMB). Neurologic complications such as peripheral neuropathy and psychosis are rare (less than 1%) (Gülbay et al., 2006).
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However, in high-risk individuals, such as in pregnancy, pyridoxine with INH is recom­mended for prevention (WHO, 2016). PZA can increase serum uric acid; therefore, dose adjustment is required for EMB and PZA in renal failure (Suárez etal., 2019).
Scientific Evaluation of Medicinal
Plants Mentioned for the
Management of Tuberculosis
in Canon of Medicine
The medicinal herbs mentioned for the management of TB in Avicenna’s Canon and some scientific evidences substantiating their efficacy are described individually in this section. All the collected results are shown in Tables 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4.
Aristolochia species
Aristolochia (birthwort) is a genus with more than 500 species belonging to the Aris- tolochiaceae family. Aristolochia spp. are subshrubs or shrubs and are widely distrib­uted in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of the world. Their secondary me­tabolites are aristolochic acids and esters, aristolactams, aporphines, flavonoids, lig­nans, protoberberines, isoquinolines, ben­zylisoquinolines, amides, biphenyl ethers, coumarins, tetralones, terpenoids, benze­noids, and steroids (Kuo etal., 2012). Aris­tolochic acids are the main compounds in most Aristolochia spp., which have nephro­toxicity and genotoxicity (Bartha et al.,
2019). The roots of Aristolochia spp. were used in traditional medicine. Avicenna has considered the incense of roots of caper, poplar, and Aristolochia to be effective in treating TB (Ibn Sinā, 2015a).
Several studies have shown that the ex­tracts of Aristolochia brevipes Benth., Aris- tolochia cymbifera Mart., Aristolochia indica L., Aristolochia mollissima Hance, and Aris- tolochia taliscana Hook. & Arn. have signifi­cant antimicrobial properties (Kuo e tal ., 2012).
Isolated licarin (5 mg/kg) from A. taliscana root was evaluated for 30 and 60 days in mice infected with drug-sensitive or MDR strains and showed a significant decrease in pulmonary bacillary burdens and no abnor­malities in main organs. The study proved the antitubercular and anti-inflammatory properties of licarin in an animal model (León-Díaz etal., 2013). Navarro-García and co-workers showed that the dichlorometh­ane extract obtained from the rhizomes of A. brevipes has strong in vitro antimycobacte- rial activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv and aristolactam I was identified as the most active compound against all mycobacterial strains. In traditional medicine, A. brevipes was used for diarrhea, arthritis, cleansing wounds, and bloody cough (Navarro-García
etal., 2011). Isolated eupomatenoid-1 from Aristolochia elegans Mast. rhizomes has anti- mycobacterial activity against M. tubercu­losis H37Rv (Jiménez-Arellanes etal., 2012).
Another study showed that the substances cubebin and fargesin isolated from A. elegans rhizome have antimycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv, four monore- sistant variants, and two MDR M. tubercu-
losis clinical isolates (Oliveira etal., 2007). A. elegans Mast. (guaco) is known for its
expectorant, antitussive, antiasthmatic, analgesic, antihistamine, and detoxicant effects (Shi etal., 2004). As a result, due to their antimicrobial, antitussive, and anti­inflammatory activity, Aristolochia spp. are considered in the treatment of TB, but the effects of nephrotoxicity should be further investigated.
Capparis spinosa L.
Capparis spinosa L. (caper), belonging to the family Capparaceae, is a perennial shrub that grows mainly in warm climates and grows sparingly in most parts of the Middle East as a wild plant (Ehsanifar etal., 2017; Annaz et al., 2022). Roots and flower con­tain pectin, saponin, aresin material, aminoglycosides, and kaparyroutin. It has been found that the main chemical active
No. Scientific name Synonym Arabic name Common English name Family
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1 Acacia senegal (L.) Britton
Basion ym: Mimosa senegal L.
2 Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagopsis adscendens Roxb.
3 Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Adiantum africanum R. Br.
4 Aristolochia clematitis L. Aristolochia infesta Salisb.
5 Astragalus gummifer Labill. Kathyr a’ Traganth, gum dragon Fabaceae (Leguminosae) 6 Capparis spinosa L. Kabar Caper, caperberry Capparaceae 7 Carum carvi L. Bunium carvkammun L.
8 Cichorium intybus L. Hendeba’ Chicory Asteraceae (Compositae) 9 Cinnamomum camphora L. Camphora camphora L. Kafur Camphor laurel Lauraceae 10 Commiphora mukul (Hook. ex
Stocks) Engl.
Basion ym: Balsamodendrum
mukul Hook. ex Stocks 11 Cordia myxa L. Sebestan Assyrian plum, lasura, laveda Boraginaceae 12 Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
Basion ym: Cuscuta eur opaea
var. epithymum L. 13 Cydonia oblonga Mill. Cydonia communis Loisel.
14 Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn
Basion ym: Scilla maritima L.
15 Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Anethum dulce DC.
Acacia cufodontii Chiov. Acacia seneg al (L.) Willd.
Asparagus satawur Protasparagus adscendens Roxb.
Adiantum capillus Sw.
Aristolochia tenuis Houtt.
Carum aromaticum Salisb.
Balsamea mukul Baill. Moql Indian bdellium tree, guggul,
Aftimun Clover dodder Convolvulaceae
Cydonia cydonia (L.) Pers. Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta Urginea maritima (L.) Baker
Anethum foeniculum L. Foeniculum azoricum Mill.
Samgh Gum arabic, gum acacia, Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Haliun Asparagus Asparagaceae
Barshiavoshan Venus’s hair, maidenhair fern Pteridaceae
Zarawand Birthwort Aristolochiaceae
Kammun Caraway Apiaceae
mukul
Safarjal Quince Rosaceae
Ashqeil, ʿonsol Squill Asparagaceae
Razianj Fennel Apiaceae
Burseraceae
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No. Scientific name Synonym Arabic name Common English name Family
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16 Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Glycyrrhiza glabra subsp .
glandulifera (Waldst. & Kit.)
Ponert
Glycyrrhiza glabra var. laxifoliolat a
X.Y. Li 17 Linum usitatissimum L. Katan Linseed, flaxseed Linaceae 18 Malva sylvestris L. Khobbazi Cheeses, high mallow, tall
19 Myrtus communis L. As Myrtle Myrtaceae 20 Papaver somniferum L. Khashkhah Opium poppy Papaveraceae 21 Populus alba L. Hawr abyad Silver-leaf poplar, white-leaf
21 Portulaca oleracea L. Baqlah hamqa Duck-weed, little hogweed,
20 Santalum album L. Sirium myrtifolium L. Sandal Sandalwood Santalaceae 22 B ambusa bambos (L.) Voss
Basion ym: Arundo bambos L.
Rosa actinodroma Rosa adenocalyx
24 Rosa × damascena Herrm. Wardat al-hamra’ Damask rose, Persian rose Rosaceae 25 Rumex acetosella L. Acetosa acetosella (L.) Mill. Hommad Red sorrel, sheep’s sorrel Polygonaceae 26 Vicia er vilia (L.) Willd.
Basion ym: Ervum ervilia L. 27 Viola odorata L. Banafsaj Sweet violet Violaceae 28 Ziziphus jujuba Mill. Oʿnnab Jujube Rhamnaceae
Ervilia sativa Lens pygmaea Grossh.
Tabashir Indian thorny bamboo Poaceae
Sus Licorice, liquorice Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Malvaceae
mallow
Salicaceae
poplar
Portulacaceae
purslane
Kersannah Bitter vetch, ervil Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
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Plant Part/extract Active constituent Method Animal Effect Reference
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Aristolochia
taliscana
Carum carvi Fruits/butanol
Cichorium intybus R
Cuminum cyminum,
Carum carvi
Glycyrrhiza glabra Root/LDPI
Roots/hexane
extract
extract
oots/aqueous
extract
Roots/aqueous
extract
Fruits/aqueous
extract
containing licorice extract
Licarin Inducing disease with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv or
MDR, treating with licarin (5 mg/kg); post treatment, determining lung bacilli loads and pneumonia percentage
Triflorin (kaempferol-3-β-
D-galactoside)
Inulin INH-induced hepatotoxicity
Inulin PZA-induced hepatotoxicity
3,5-Dihydroxyflavone-7-O-
β-D-galacturonide-4-O­β-D-glucopyranosid
(cumin)
Glabridin Film hydration technique
Determining bioavailability
indices of the anti-TB drugs RMP, PZA, and INH
in adult male mice
in male mice
Determining plasma levels
and bioavailability of RIF, INH, and PZA
and freeze-dried
BALB/c mouse Antitubercular effect against
both mycobacterial strains, no major signs of damage in subacute toxicity
at
Wistar r
BALB/c albino
mouse
BALB/c albino
mouse
Wistar new line
rat
Mouse Antitubercular activity Viswanathan
Herbal bioenhancer of the
anti-TB drugs
Hepatoprotective Ali etal. (2016)
Hepatoprotective Munir etal.
Bioenhancer of the anti-TB
drugs
León-Díaz etal.
(2013)
Sachin etal.
(2009)
(2019)
Bhusari (2010)
etal. (2019)
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Tab le 9.3. Recent in vitro studies on medicinal plants for treatment of TB mentioned in Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine.
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Plant Part/extract Active constituent Assay Effect Reference
Aristolochia
brevipes
Aristolochia
elegans
Aristolochia
Cham.
Aristolochia
triangularis
Capparis spinosa Fruits/methanol extract MIC of bacterial growth by
Glycyrrhiza
glabra
Populus alba L. Leaves/aqueous and
Myrtus communis Leaf extract Limonene, 1,8-cineole,
Rosa ×
damascena
Rhizome/
dichloromethane extract
Rhizomes/hexane extract Fargesin, cubebin
Leaf, root and stem/
aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts
Rhizome and stem/
methanol extract
Root/LDPI containing
licorice extract (LE)
Root/ethanolic extract
Rhizome Isoliquiritigenin and
ethanol extract
Flowers Citronellol, nerol Hydrodistillation and solvent
Aristolactam I Antimycobacterial activity
by fluorometric microplate Alamar Blue assay, column chromatography, NMR
1
H-NMR, microplate Alamar
Blue assay
Nerolidol Time-to-kill assay Antimycobacterial activity Oliveira etal. (2007)
Nerolidol Microplate Alamar Blue
assay
the proportional method
Glabridin Film hydration technique
and freeze-drying
Glabridin TLC, NMR, MIC by the
twofold serial dilution technique, standard REMA
Molecular docking and in
liquiritigenin, analog
Flavonoids, polyphenols Disk method, TLC Antimycobacterial effect
and α-pinene
silico ADME studies
Proportional method Antimicrobial activity Zanetti etal. (2010)
extraction
Antimycobacterial activity
against resistant
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Antimycobacterial activity Jiménez-Arellanes
Antimycobacterial activity Pereira etal. (2018)
Antimycobacterial activity Ehsanifar etal.
Antitubercular activity Viswanathan etal.
Antimicrobial activity against
both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, antitubercular activity
Anti-tuberculosis activity Gaur etal. (2015)
against three mycobacter ia:
Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium aurum, and Mycobacterium bovis
M. bovis inactivation Fatemeh etal.
Navarro-García etal.
(2011)
etal. (2012)
(2017)
(2019)
Gupta etal. (2008)
Haouat etal. (2013)
(2015)
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Santalum album Endophytic fungus Asperterpenoid A Single-crystal XRD using Cu
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Kα radiation, antimicrobial activity by conventional broth dilution assay
Sandalwood essential oil Sesquiterpene alcohols
α-santalol, β-santalol, epi-β-santalol, and trans-α-bergamotol with α- and β-santalol
Viola odorata Flower Salicin and phenyl
alanine ethyl ester
ADME, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; LCMS, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry; MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant TB; mPTPB, M. tuberculosis protein tyrosine phosphatase B; MtSK, M. tuberculosis shikimate kinase; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; REMA, resazurin microtitre plate assay; TLC, thin layer chromatography; XRD, X-ray diffraction.
LCMS, colorimetric
microdilution broth assay
Preparative HPLC, LCMS,
determining MIC
Anti-inflammatory activity,
potent inhibitory activity against mPTPB
Antituberculosis activity, MtSK
inhibition
Antimicrobial activity against
M. tuberculosis H37Rv
Yan etal. (2018)
Rants’o etal. (2017)
Hassan and Naeem
(2014)
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Table 9.4. Clinical studies on medicinal plants for treatment of TB mentioned in Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine.
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Plant Treatment group Control group Study design No. of patients
Carum carvi A single FDC
containing RMP (450 mg), INH (300 mg), and PZA (1000 mg), plus capsule of C.
Prospective,
two-period, open-label, crossover experiment
20 10 days Plasma levels, C
carvi extract (100 mg)
Glycyrrhiza
glabra
Capsule (450 mg) of
Rasayana daily along with the standard regimen of pulmonary TB
Standard regimen of
pulmonary TB, which includes INH (600 mg) RMP (450 mg), PZA (150 mg), and EMB (1200 mg),
Single-blind
controlled study
133 60 days Cough, fever,
3 times weekly on alternate days
Licorice, nettle, tansy,
mint
Essentiale, legilon, Liv-52,
hemodez
Single-blind
controlled study
112 ↓ Occurrence of HTR Galitskií etal.
Treatment duration Result Reference
,
Choudhary
and AUC of RMP,
max
etal.
(2014)
INH, and PZA
Vyas etal.
dyspnea, and
(2012) hemopty sis; body weight
(1997)
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AUC, area under the plasma drug concentration versus time curve; C
, maximum serum concentration.
max
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compounds are flavonoids (Heidari et al.,
2003). In TPM, different parts of the plant like fruits, roots, bark, leaves, buds, and stems were used. Therapeutic effects of caper in traditional medicine include especially im­proving liver function, anti-flatulence, pre­vention of atherosclerosis, and improving anemia, gout and arthritis (Rhizopoulou etal., 2006). It has been shown that C. spinosa fruits possess considerable antimycobacte­rial properties in the laboratory (Ehsanifar etal., 2017).
Carum carvi L.
Caraway (Carum carvi L.) belongs to the fam- ily Apiaceae. This species is cultivated all over the world and widely used in food prod­ucts (Rasooli and Allameh, 2016). Caraway has many uses in traditional medicine such as for gastrointestinal problems (cramps, nervous cardiac-gastric complaints, flatu­lence, irritable intestinal, indigestion, low appetite, infant colic) and for improving lac­tation. It is a tranquilizer, diuretic, emena­gogue, aphrodisiac, and astringent (Al-Snafi, 2015; Rasooli and Allameh, 2016). In cara­way essential oil, more than 30 compounds have been identified of which carvone and limonene represent the main substances (Wichtmann and Stahl-Biskup, 1987; Edlák­ová etal., 2003). The essential oil obtained from caraway fruits showed promising in­hibitory activity against M. tuberculosis, nine other pathogenic bacteria, and six phyto­pathogenic fungi (Sadowska and Obidoska,
1998). Another study showed that caraway active principles act as a bioenhancer and are able to modify the kinetics of drugs used in TB treatment. After administration of caraway extracts in fixed dose combination (FDC) to 20 healthy human volunteers, in­creased plasma levels of RMP, INH, and PZA were observed (Choudhary etal., 2014). Due to caraway’s pharmacologic properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, analgesic, bronchial relaxant effects, and enhance­ment of TB drug kinetics, it can be con­sidered a useful phytopharmaceutical drug in the treatment of TB (Al-Snafi, 2015).
Cichorium intybus L.
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), a Mediterra- nean erect perennial plant, belongs to the fam­ily Asteraceae. Previous studies showed that application of chicory root extracts provides liver protective, immunomodulatory, antigly­cemic, anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, neu­roprotective, and gastrointestinal tract pro­tective effects (Munir etal., 2019). Previous studies were published proving that the extract of C. intybus roots has significant hepatopro­tective activity in high doses (Ali etal., 2016; Munir etal., 2019).
Glycyrrhiza glabra L.
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) is a traditional medicinal plant, the root of which is very sweet, moist, and soothing and contains flavonoids and triterpenoids (Lee et al., 2009). Some bioactive compounds identified in licorice root are glabridin and liquiritin (a glycosidic form of liquiritigenin) (Lee et al., 2009; Sharma et al., 2016; Roque et al., 2018). Previous studies have shown that these compounds possess anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, antimicrobial, and antifungal activities (Roque etal., 2018).
In Avicenna’s Canon the decoction or ex­tract of roots was considered useful for TB treatment. Avicenna has suggested to use fen­nel fruits, licorice root paste, and maidenhair fern extract for treatment of TB fever (Ibn Sinā, 2015a). It was shown that glabridin is an active compound against M. tuberculosis H37Ra and H37Rv strains at 29.16 μg/ml con­centration (Gupta etal., 2008). In vivo evalu­ation of a liposomal dry powder for inhalation (LDPI) containing licorice extract showed a significant reduction in bacterial counts in the lungs and spleen of TB-infected mice (Viswana­than etal., 2019). Administration of a herbal medicine containing several herbs including licorice, called Rasayana, along with an­ti-Koch’s treatment (AKT) showed that, due to its antioxidative, immunoprotective, and free radical scavenging properties, Rasayana therapy was able to significantly decrease TB complications like cough, fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis (Vyas etal., 2012).