Rhodiola rosea: main features and its beneficial properties

Medicinal plants have always been prescribed around the world with therapeutic purposes for various diseases and disorders related to their profile of biologically active substances and health-promoting effects. Meantime, Rhodiola rosea has been of particular importance among physicians, researchers and the general public. Accordingly, the present perspective aimed to explore the beneficial effects of this plant by focusing on in vitro and in vivo studies, and nutritional effects. The current work also provides a comprehensive analysis of the Rhodiola rosea studies in the literature throughout a quantitative literature research analysis approach. The literature search was carried out by means of the Scopus database to retrieve Rhodiola rosea-related publications. VOSviewer software (v.1.6.16, 2020) was used to extract and elaborate bibliometric data. 958 publications ranging from 1966 to 2021 were given by the literature search. Technological prospecting for patents was also assessed.