Sonchus oleraceus

Common Names: sow-thistle, common sow-thistle, annual sowthistle, pualele, sow thistle, common sowthistle

Ethnobotanical Studies

Ecuador

Uses: To heal body malaise, pain relief (joints, head, throat), and to treat gastrointestinal, respiratory, and renal-urological problems, skin inflammation, and bruises.

DOI:: 10.3390/plants11121590
PubMed:: 35736741

Gaoligongshan area, Western Yunnan, Southwest China

Uses: clearing away heat andtoxic materials

DOI:: 10.1186/s13002-023-00638-9
PubMed:: 38225656

Studies

Yellow mealworm frass: A promising organic fertilizer for common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.) and bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub) cultivation.

Karkanis A et al (2024).; Heliyon.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35508
PubMed:: 39170546

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Activity of Essential Oils in the Above-Ground Parts of Sonchus oleraceus L.

Immunology

El Gendy AEG et al (2024).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants13121712
PubMed:: 38931144

The Impact of Salinity in the Irrigation of a Wild Underutilized Leafy Vegetable, Sonchus oleraceus L.

Gkotzamani A et al (2024).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants13111552
PubMed:: 38891360

Evaluation of the Content of Minerals, B-Group Vitamins, Tocols, and Carotenoids in Raw and In-House Cooked Wild Edible Plants.

Fratianni A et al (2024).; Foods.
DOI:: 10.3390/foods13030472
PubMed:: 38338607

Sonchus oleraceus L.: ethnomedical, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects.

Summary

Sonchus oleraceus is a beneficial plant with potential uses in treating various health issues, containing flavonoids and terpene lactones with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. More research is required for its full potential.

Review Phytochemistry

Sánchez-Aguirre OA et al (2024).; Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol.
DOI:: 10.1007/s00210-024-02966-3
PubMed:: 38305867

Chemical Composition of Wild Collected and Cultivated Edible Plants (Sonchus oleraceus L. and Sonchus tenerrimus L.).

Botella MÁ et al (2024).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants13020269
PubMed:: 38256822

Associate plant parasitic nematodes to weed species in some newly reclaimed lands.

AbdelRazek GM and Balah MA (2023).; Sci Rep.
DOI:: 10.1038/s41598-023-49357-x
PubMed:: 38081941

Phenolic Profiles, Antihyperglycemic, Anti-Diabetic, and Antioxidant Properties of Egyptian Sonchus oleraceus Leaves Extract: An In Vivo Study.

Summary

The study found that Egyptian leaves extract has high antioxidant properties and showed promise in treating diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels in rats.

Diabetes Immunology Phytochemistry

Salim NS et al (2023).; Molecules.
DOI:: 10.3390/molecules28176389
PubMed:: 37687218

Fatty acid based antimicrobials from Streptomyces sp. SORS-24, an endophyte isolated from Sonchus oleraceus.

Tanvir R et al (2023).; Lett Appl Microbiol.
DOI:: 10.1093/lambio/ovad080
PubMed:: 37463795

10.

Metabolomics Profiling of Tunisian Sonchus oleraceus L. Extracts and Their Antioxidant Activities.

Immunology

Nouidha S et al (2023).; Chem Biodivers.
DOI:: 10.1002/cbdv.202300290
PubMed:: 37391386

11.

Characteristics of the genome of ageratum yellow vein China virus infecting Sonchus oleraceus.

Genetics

Mo C et al (2023).; Plant Dis.
DOI:: 10.1094/PDIS-11-22-2688-SC
PubMed:: 37125842

12.

Population structure of ALS-inhibiting herbicide resistant Sonchus oleraceus in South Australia.

Merriam AB et al (2023).; Pest Manag Sci.
DOI:: 10.1002/ps.7498
PubMed:: 37029476

13.

Ecological importance and sociological characters of fourteen widespread weeds and their contribution to the observed (dis)similarity between weed communities.

Mahgoub AMMA et al (2023).; Heliyon.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13638
PubMed:: 37025790

14.

Sonchus oleraceus L. Promotes Gastroprotection in Rodents via Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antisecretory Activities.

Immunology

Vecchia CAD et al (2022).; Evid Based Complement Alternat Med.
DOI:: 10.1155/2022/7413231
PubMed:: 36051492

15.

The Characterization and the Biological Activity of Phytotoxin Produced by Paraphoma radicina.

Dang SZ and Li YZ (2022).; J Fungi (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/jof8080867
PubMed:: 36012855

16.

Quality consistency evaluation on three species of North Patrininae herba by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry and network pharmacology approaches.

Phytochemistry

Sun Q et al (2022).; J Sep Sci.
DOI:: 10.1002/jssc.202200097
PubMed:: 35988143

17.

Seed Coat Morphology and Sculpturing of Selected Invasive Alien Plants from Lesser Himalaya Pakistan and Their Systematic Implications.

Anjum F et al (2022).; Biomed Res Int.
DOI:: 10.1155/2022/8225494
PubMed:: 35924271

18.

Five undervalued edible species inherent to autumn-winter season: nutritional composition, bioactive constituents and volatiles profile.

Fukalova Fukalova T, García Martínez MD and Raigón MD (2021).; PeerJ.
DOI:: 10.7717/peerj.12488
PubMed:: 34900422

19.

Effect of Soil Moisture Regimes on the Glyphosate Sensitivity and Morpho-Physiological Traits of Windmill Grass (Chloris truncata R.Br.), Common Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.), and Flaxleaf Fleabane [Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq.].

Peerzada AM et al (2021).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants10112345
PubMed:: 34834708

20.

Metabolic Profile and Mycoherbicidal Activity of Three Alternaria alternata Isolates for the Control of Convolvulus arvensis, Sonchus oleraceus, and Xanthium strumarium.

Genetics

Abdessemed N et al (2021).; Pathogens.
DOI:: 10.3390/pathogens10111448
PubMed:: 34832604

21.

Description of the Third-Stage Larva and Puparium of Platycheirus (Carposcalis) chalconota (Philippi) (Diptera: Syrphidae) with New Information About the Trophic Interactions and Larval Habitats.

López-García GP et al (2022).; Neotrop Entomol.
DOI:: 10.1007/s13744-021-00908-9
PubMed:: 34462897

22.

The rationality involved in the popular use of coffee (Coffea sp) and sunflower seed (Helianthus annuus) for the treatment of vitiligo: a case report.

Dermatology

Leite PM, Alves SDO and Castilho RO (2022).; Explore (NY).
DOI:: 10.1016/j.explore.2021.05.004
PubMed:: 34099425

23.

Two new sesquiterpenes from Sonchus oleraceus and inhibitory mechanism on murine haemangioendothelioma (EOMA) cell lines.

Phytochemistry

Lei M et al (2022).; Nat Prod Res.
DOI:: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1931186
PubMed:: 34039229

24.

First Report of Golovinomyces sonchicola Causing Powdery Mildew on Sonchus oleraceus in Mexico.

Beltrán-Peña H et al (2021).; Plant Dis.
DOI:: 10.1094/PDIS-01-21-0117-PDN
PubMed:: 33904334

25.

Cytotoxic Sesquiterpenes from Sonchus oleraceus.

Phytochemistry

Zhang H et al (2020).; Anticancer Agents Med Chem.
DOI:: 10.2174/1871520620666200101152934
PubMed:: 31894000

26.

Anti-inflammatory effect of self-emulsifying delivery system containing Sonchus oleraceus Linn extract on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Immunology

Chen L et al (2020).; Food Chem Toxicol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110953
PubMed:: 31707032

27.

Sow Thistle Chloroplast Genomes: Insights into the Plastome Evolution and Relationship of Two Weedy Species, Sonchus asper and Sonchus oleraceus (Asteraceae).

Genetics

Cho MS et al (2019).; Genes (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/genes10110881
PubMed:: 31683955

28.

Evaluation of anti-ulcer and ulcerative colitis of Sonchus oleraceus L.

Gastroenterology

Alothman EA et al (2018).; Saudi Pharm J.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.jsps.2018.05.004
PubMed:: 30416352

29.

Sonchus oleraceus Residue Improves Nutritive and Health-Promoting Value of Common Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.): A Metabolic Study.

Hassan MO, Saleh AM and AbdElgawad H (2018).; J Agric Food Chem.
DOI:: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05821
PubMed:: 29455523

30.

Anti-ageing effects of Sonchus oleraceus L. (pūhā) leaf extracts on H₂O₂-induced cell senescence.

Ou ZQ, Rades T and McDowell A (2015).; Molecules.
DOI:: 10.3390/molecules20034548
PubMed:: 25774489

31.

Anxiolytic-like effect of Sonchus oleraceus L. in mice.

Cardoso Vilela F, Soncini R and Giusti-Paiva A (2009).; J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.029
PubMed:: 19397983