Gentiana lutea

Ponticelli, Maria, Lela, Ludovica, Moles, Mariapia, Mangieri, Claudia, Bisaccia, Donatella, Faraone, Immacolata, Falabella, Roberto & Milella, Luigi, 2023, The healing bitterness of Gentiana lutea L., phytochemistry and biological activities: A systematic review, Phytochemistry (113518) 206, pp. 1-27 : 17

3.7. Gentiana lutea L. cytoprotective and antitumoral activity

Treatments used today for cancer have several negative effects not only related to the cost and, therefore, difficult to access for everyone but also for the side effects that often affect the patient’ s quality of life. For this reason, it is necessary to find undescribed molecules, also of natural origin, able to produce beneficial effects in this field.