TY - JOUR AU - Zorzan, Maira; Zucca, Paolo; Collazuol, Daniela; Peddio, Stefania; Rescigno, Antonio; Pezzani, Raffaele TI - Sisymbrium officinale, the Plant of Singers: A Review of Its Properties and Uses SN - 0032-0943 SN - 1439-0221 PY - 2020 JO - Planta Med JF - Planta Medica LA - EN VL - 86 IS - 05 SP - 307 EP - 311 ET - 2020/02/04 DA - 2020/03/23 KW - Sisymbrium officinale KW - Erysimum officinale KW - hedge mustard KW - Erba dei cantanti KW - Hierba de los cantores KW - Brassicaceae AB - Sisymbrium officinale (hedge mustard and formerly called Erysimum officinale) is a common plant in wild lands of Europe and Africa. It is also cultivated for its seeds and leaves to be used in salad or mustard. Sisymbrium officinale is useful not only in culinary preparations, but it also seems to possess interesting therapeutic properties, especially for throat diseases such as aphonia and hoarseness. For this reason, it is commonly called “herb of singers” (in Italian, “Erba dei cantanti”). Indeed a cup of Sisymbrium officinale infusion is frequently consumed by singers before artistic performance, even if its beneficial ability still needs to be scientifically demonstrated. Some preliminary data can be analyzed, but new efforts and resources should be devoted to study and investigate a plant with valuable therapeutic potential. This review summarizes the data available for Sisymbrium officinale. PB - Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/a-1088-9928 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1088-9928 ER -