Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
Abstract
:
Thespesia populnea, family, Malvaceae, commonly known as paras pipal and Indian tulip tree, is widely
distributed in coastal forests of India and south-eastern areas. The plant is medicinally used for the treatment of numerous
diseases including cutaneous infections, brain and liver disorders.The review summarizes all the information related to
botanical characteristics, traditional uses, chemical components and biological activities of T. populnea, in order to exploit
therapeutic potential of this plant.x.The available information about T. populnea was collected through the online search on
Web of Science, PubMed, Science Direct, Springer and Google Scholar. T. populnea is widely explored concerning its
phytochemistry and biological activities. Amongst all phytoconstituents present in Thespesia, sesquiterpenes and phenolic
compounds are major bioactive ingredients in plant. Experimental studies show that these compounds exhibit a wide range
of biological activities including anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, analgesic, wound healing, anti-alzheimer, anti-ulcer and
anti-psoriasis in in vitro and in vivo animal studies.To sum up, the plant, T. populnea, possess high medicinal and social
value, that deserves further investigation. T. populnea is promising plant to be utilized in the development of pharmaceutical
drug products. However, there is a lack of scientific studies to confirm its ethnopharmcological uses. In addition, further
studies on isolation of bioactive molecules and their pharmacological studies are recommended that could be of great
significance towards clinical application of this plant.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine,Drug Discovery
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