Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review
Tectona grandis Linn. f. (teak) is one of the most appreciated high-quality timber all over the world due to its economic value and wide array of applications. This tropical hardwood presents outstanding characteristics like pleasing aesthetic appearance, strength, lightness, ease of working, dimens...
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| description | Tectona grandis Linn. f. (teak) is one of the most appreciated high-quality timber all over the world due to its economic value and wide array of applications. This tropical hardwood presents outstanding characteristics like pleasing aesthetic appearance, strength, lightness, ease of working, dimensional stability, and decay resistance. The latter quality is mainly ascribed to its extractives, which contain biologically active compounds (mainly quinones and anthraquinones) that confer a natural resistance against termites and fungi. This review focuses on teak secondary metabolites and the bioactivity potential of heartwood extractives. Furthermore, it covers the generalities of the teak tree and gives an overview on the approaches aimed to valorize the wastes from woodworking enterprises as a possible source of functional extractives and as an eco-friendly raw material. Notwithstanding the efforts made to elucidate the compounds present in teak wood, further research is needed to understand the chemical bases of its natural resistance to decay. Moreover, there is a lack of economic, technical, and ecotoxicity feasibility studies regarding extractives as a source of bioactive molecules for pharmaceutical, food, or cosmetics purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21f470d9b1024ba29b64fb0d5ae5adad2022-12-22T02:37:39ZengItalian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry1971-74582022-04-0115111212010.3832/ifor3714-0153714Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a reviewChávez-Salgado LP0Vandenbossche V1Vilarem G2Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle - LCA, Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INP, 6 Allée Emile Monso, BP 44362, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4 - FranceLaboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle - LCA, Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INP, 6 Allée Emile Monso, BP 44362, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4 - FranceLaboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle - LCA, Université de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INP, 6 Allée Emile Monso, BP 44362, 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4 - FranceTectona grandis Linn. f. (teak) is one of the most appreciated high-quality timber all over the world due to its economic value and wide array of applications. This tropical hardwood presents outstanding characteristics like pleasing aesthetic appearance, strength, lightness, ease of working, dimensional stability, and decay resistance. The latter quality is mainly ascribed to its extractives, which contain biologically active compounds (mainly quinones and anthraquinones) that confer a natural resistance against termites and fungi. This review focuses on teak secondary metabolites and the bioactivity potential of heartwood extractives. Furthermore, it covers the generalities of the teak tree and gives an overview on the approaches aimed to valorize the wastes from woodworking enterprises as a possible source of functional extractives and as an eco-friendly raw material. Notwithstanding the efforts made to elucidate the compounds present in teak wood, further research is needed to understand the chemical bases of its natural resistance to decay. Moreover, there is a lack of economic, technical, and ecotoxicity feasibility studies regarding extractives as a source of bioactive molecules for pharmaceutical, food, or cosmetics purposes.https://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor3714-015ExtractivesNatural ResistanceBioactivitySecondary MetabolitesTeak Heartwood |
| spellingShingle | Chávez-Salgado LP Vandenbossche V Vilarem G Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry Extractives Natural Resistance Bioactivity Secondary Metabolites Teak Heartwood |
| title | Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review |
| title_full | Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review |
| title_fullStr | Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review |
| title_short | Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review |
| title_sort | tectona grandis linn f secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential a review |
| topic | Extractives Natural Resistance Bioactivity Secondary Metabolites Teak Heartwood |
| url | https://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor3714-015 |
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