The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr.
Entada africana (Ea, Asteraceae) has been widely used traditionally to treat different ailments, as food, insecticides, source of gums, in some small carpentry works. Studies on the pharmacognostic characterization, nutritional, elemental and physicochemical contents has been reported. In vivo and i...
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| description | Entada africana (Ea, Asteraceae) has been widely used traditionally to treat different ailments, as food, insecticides, source of gums, in some small carpentry works. Studies on the pharmacognostic characterization, nutritional, elemental and physicochemical contents has been reported. In vivo and in vitro studies on the plant validated some ethnomedicinal claims of the use of the plant as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-angiogenic, cytotoxic agents among others. Triterpenes, saponins, flavonoids and sugars were reported as bioactive constituents which might be responsible for the aforementioned pharmacological actions of the plant.However, more researches are required in order to isolate bioactive compounds from the different parts of Ea and evaluate their effects on different ailments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1d42d30e916411c94926f77805ae0b02022-12-21T23:52:48ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402019-09-0159e02332The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr.A.J. Yusuf0M.I. Abdullahi1Corresponding author.; Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, NigeriaDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, NigeriaEntada africana (Ea, Asteraceae) has been widely used traditionally to treat different ailments, as food, insecticides, source of gums, in some small carpentry works. Studies on the pharmacognostic characterization, nutritional, elemental and physicochemical contents has been reported. In vivo and in vitro studies on the plant validated some ethnomedicinal claims of the use of the plant as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-angiogenic, cytotoxic agents among others. Triterpenes, saponins, flavonoids and sugars were reported as bioactive constituents which might be responsible for the aforementioned pharmacological actions of the plant.However, more researches are required in order to isolate bioactive compounds from the different parts of Ea and evaluate their effects on different ailments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019359924Natural product chemistryAntioxidantAnti-angiogenicTriterpenesAnti-inflammatoryAntibacterial |
| spellingShingle | A.J. Yusuf M.I. Abdullahi The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. Heliyon Natural product chemistry Antioxidant Anti-angiogenic Triterpenes Anti-inflammatory Antibacterial |
| title | The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. |
| title_full | The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. |
| title_fullStr | The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. |
| title_short | The phytochemical and pharmacological actions of Entada africana Guill. & Perr. |
| title_sort | phytochemical and pharmacological actions of entada africana guill amp perr |
| topic | Natural product chemistry Antioxidant Anti-angiogenic Triterpenes Anti-inflammatory Antibacterial |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019359924 |
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