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<p style="text-align: justify;">A review on phytochemical, pharmacological and ethnopharmacological aspects of genus<em> Trichodesma</em></p>

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Title Statement <p style="text-align: justify;">A review on phytochemical, pharmacological and ethnopharmacological aspects of genus<em> Trichodesma</em></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Abdelgawad, Ahmed A M; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
El-Bassossy, Taha AI; Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed, Fatma A; Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Pharmacological properties; Phytoconstituents; Traditional uses; Trichodesma genus.
 
Summary, etc. <p style="text-align: justify;">The genus <em>Trichodesma </em>belongs to the family Boraginaceae. The plants of this genus are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Phytochemically, scientific reports on <em>Trichodesma</em> species so far revealed more than one hundred compounds from this genus, including hydrocarbons, phenols, flavonoids, sterols, terpenes and alkaloids have been isolated or identified. Medicinally, various reported biological activities of <em>Trichodesma </em>such as antimicrobial, antiparasitic, cytotoxic, anti-infection, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-irritant, antidiarrheal, antispasmodic, antimalarial, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-diabetic, diuretic, and hepatoprotective effects were discussed in this review otherwise<strong>. </strong>Also, the ethnopharmacological effects of this genus were reviewed. Among all the <em>Trichodesma</em> species, <em>T. indicum </em>is regarded as the most important one regarding its pharmacological values. The volatile oil of <em>T. africanum </em>L. showed high antioxidant activity.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) [Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)]
2021-11-23 17:02:01
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) [Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)]; ##issue.vol## 12, ##issue.no## 3 (2021): September 2021
 
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