scholarly journals Ethnobotanical uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of Clerodendrum paniculatum L. (Lamiaceae): A comprehensive review

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-s) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
T.R. Prashith Kekuda ◽  
S.J. Sudharshan

Clerodendrum L. is an important genus in the family Lamiaceae in terms of its medicinal values and pharmacological properties. The genus comprises of more than 500 species distributed worldwide. In this review, we present an updated information on ethnobotanical uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of Clerodendrum paniculatum L. (Lamiaceae). The plant is one the most spectacular Clerodendrum species and is grown commonly for ornamental purpose. The plant is reported to have ethnomedicinal importance as the plant is used as remedy for ailments and disorders such as wounds, typhoid, snakebite, jaundice, giddiness, malaria, anemia and hemorrhoids. Various phytochemicals such as rutin, quercetin, β-sitosterol, β-amyrin, lupeol, oleanolic aldehyde acetate, stigmasta-4,25-dien-3-one, and (3β)-stigmasta-4,22,25-trien-3-ol have been identified in C. paniculatum. The plant is shown to exhibit biological activities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, cytotoxic, hypolipidemic, insecticidal and anti-ageing activity. Keywords: Clerodendrum paniculatum L., Ethnobotanical, Traditional, Phytochemicals, Biological activities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

Coumarin and its derivatives are widely spread in nature. Coumarin goes to agroup as benzopyrones, which consists of a benzene ring connected to a pyronemoiety. Coumarins displayed a broad range of pharmacologically useful profile.Coumarins are considered as a promising group of bioactive compounds thatexhibited a wide range of biological activities like anti-microbial, anti-viral,antiparasitic, anti-helmintic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anticancer,anti-oxidant, anti-proliferative, anti-convulsant, and antihypertensiveactivities etc. The coumarin compounds have immense interest due to theirdiverse pharmacological properties. In particular, these biological activities makecoumarin compounds more attractive and testing as novel therapeuticcompounds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia S. da Silveira Pinto ◽  
Thatyana R. Alves Vasconcelos ◽  
Claudia Regina B. Gomes ◽  
Marcus Vinícius N. de Souza

Azetidin-2-ones (β-lactams) and its derivatives are an important group of heterocyclic compounds that exhibit a wide range of pharmacological properties such as antibacterial, anticancer, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant. Efforts have been made over the years to develop novel congeners with superior biological activities and minimal potential for undesirable side effects. The present review aimed to highlight some recent discoveries (2013-2019) on the development of novel azetidin-2-one-based compounds as potential anticancer agents.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 2932-2938
Author(s):  
Subba Rao Chamakuri ◽  
Prasenjit Mondal ◽  
Ashish Suttee

The traditional system of medicine has many plants with medicinal and pharmacological importance. The primary sources of food and medicine are plants and their highly beneficial products for various animals and humans. This article mainly focuses on the complete Leucas zeylanica profile, which is also called Ceylon slitwort, a small, erect, annual, herbaceous, terrestrial or occasionally aromatic, hispid and tufted plant of the family Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. It is widely available in several places in India and Nueva Viscaya’s low altitudes open grasslands and Luzon’s Bataan Provinces and Mindanao and Panay (Davao and Lanao). This article provides a comprehensive review of the complete profile of a vital plant, Leucas zeylanica. Traditional use of Leucas zeylanica in various diseases includes Antibacterial, Anti-fungal, Anti-inflammatory, nociceptive, analgesia, gout, antidiabetic a photoprotective agent in various skin diseases. The isolated components are Alkaloids, Terpenoids, Vitamins, Carbohydrates, Flavonoids, glycosides, saponins, fixed oils, and other miscellaneous compounds. Hence, this review can be a useful reference for researchers who are willing to undertake further investigation about Leucas zeylanica.


Author(s):  
Mohammed Azam ◽  
Makula Ajitha

Phyllanthin is an active lignan present in various Phyllanthus species and number of studies revealed that it exhibits various biological activities that include antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anticancer, antidiabetic, immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory activities. After thorough examination of existing literature it was discovered that there is currently no comprehensive review available on this significant phytocompound. Hence, an attempt was made to present the physicochemical properties, enhancement techniques of yield and bioavailability, synthesis, pharmacological applications and toxicity studies of phyllanthin. This report also highlights semisynthetic derivatives and mechanisms of action of phyllanthin for various biological activities.


Medicines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicia Patti ◽  
Yasaman Taheri ◽  
Javad Sharifi-Rad ◽  
Miquel Martorell ◽  
William C. Cho ◽  
...  

Plants are a great and irreplaceable source of medicines, fuel, food, energy and even cosmetics. Since prehistory, humans have learned to use plants for survival, growth and proliferation and still today it relies on natural and cultivated vegetables for food and the source of novel compounds with pharmacological activity. Not only herbs and flowers, but also trees are used. Indeed, Erythrina suberosa Roxb. is a deciduous tree of the family Fabaceae, common in Southeast Asia. In India, E. suberosa is called the “corky coral tree” or simply the “Indian coral tree”, given its peculiar red-orange flowers that can flower throughout the year and its corky irregular bark covered by prickles. It is a plant commonly used as an ornamental tree, but it also holds ethnopharmacological and socioeconomic uses. This article explored phytobiological features of E. suberosa, analysing its taxonomy, examining its traditional and common uses and investigating its bioactive components and pharmacological properties.


Author(s):  
Amritpal Singh

Aim of the review paper is to give an enlightenment on potential phyto-constituents of Gentianaceae.  Bitter principles (secoiridoid glycosides) and xanthones are widely distributed among plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. Phytochemicals like amarogentin, bellidifolin, gentianine and swerchirin have been reported to possess significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-asthmatic, anticonvulsant, antihistaminic, antimalarial, antiamoebic, cytoprotective, diuretic, hepatoprotective and hypoglycemic properties. Topoisomerase inhibition is significant pharmacological activity reported from amarogentin. Further investigations exploring possible use of these phytochemicals as therapeutic agents are warranted. The articles reviews certain pharmacological investigations carried out on phytochemicals reported from Gentianaceae


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (22) ◽  
pp. 5381
Author(s):  
Rimsha Irfan ◽  
Shikufa Mousavi ◽  
Meshari Alazmi ◽  
Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem

Chalcones, members of the flavonoid family, display a plethora of interesting biological activities including but not limited to antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antiprotozoal activities. The literature cites the synthesis and activity of a range of natural, semisynthetic, and synthetic chalcones. The current review comprehensively covers the literature on amino-substituted chalcones and includes chalcones with amino-groups at various positions on the aromatic rings as well as those with amino-groups containing mono alkylation, dialkylation, alkenylation, acylation, and sulfonylation. The aminochalcones are categorized according to their structure, and the corresponding biological activities are discussed as well. Some compounds showed high potency against cancer cells, microbes, and malaria, whereas others did not. The purpose of this review is to serve as a one-stop location for information on the aminochalcones reported in the literature in recent years.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 6066-6078
Author(s):  
Greeshma G Nair ◽  
Sathianarayanan S

The objective of this review is to document briefly about the chemical constituents, pharmacognostical evaluation and biological activities of Syzygium samarangense belongs to the family Myrtaceae. It is generally called Java Apple, Wax Apple, Blume, Chambekka etc. Syzygium samarangense traditionally used as an astringent. It is also used to treat fever and halt diarrhea. The whole plant contains flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins, phenolic compounds, gallic acid, ellagic acid, squalene, botulin, lupeol, sitosterol, mixture of cycloartenol stearate, lupenyl stearate, β-sitosterol stearate, vitamins and minerals which bearing anti-oxidant, anti- microbial, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, Immunomodulatory, CNS, Anti- diarrheal, anthelmintic and cytotoxic activities. In this review, different parts of the plant, their phytochemical constituents and their corresponding biological activities have been explored. The literatures reported that the fruit part contains carotene, anthocyanin and vescalagin which is used as antioxidant, anti- microbial and hypoglycemic effect. The leaf part contains myricetin, strobopinine, epigallocatechin, aurentiacin which bearing anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effect. The alcoholic extracts of leaves, seeds, root bearing analgesic, anti- inflammatory effect in lipopolysaccharide, antioxidant, cytotoxic activity against human colon cancer cell, the studies revealed that the extracts showed a potent anti- microbial activity against salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacillus subtilis, candida albicans etc. The aqueous extract of fruit prevents diabetes mellitus in rats.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (04) ◽  
pp. 04-09
Author(s):  
Baby T. Bency ◽  
K. Remya ◽  
Smitha Rani ◽  
Shebina P. Rasheed ◽  
A. K. Azeem

Rotula aquatic Lour is an important medicinal herb in Ayurvedic system of medicine. The plant occurs as a small branched shrub that grows characteristically among rocks and trailing over pebbles in stream beds, belonging to the family Boraginaceae and widely distributed throughout India. It is commonly called as Pasanabheda in Ayurveda. As only few studies are done on this plant, the comprehensive review presenting here will summarize regarding its Phytochemical and Pharmacological activities with the help of available and update information. Various studies indicated the antiurolithiatic, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anthelmintic properties of Rotula aquatica. Although the information are very encouraging and revealed some of the constituents of the plant like polyphenols and tannins as important therapeutically agents. The herb should be studied more extensively to confirm these results and reveal other potential therapeutic effects. Various traditional claims of the plant are still remain to be validated scientifically. Clinical trials for the reported preclinical studies should be performed urgently to further validate the claims on humans


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