Phytochemical and Pharmacological Properties of the Genus Melodinus – A Review

The Genus Melodinus (Apocynaceae): Chemical and Pharmacological Perspectives

The plants of the genus Melodinus (Apocynaceae) are widely distributed, and have long been used in folk medicine for the treatment of various ailments such as meningitis in children and rheumatic heart diseases, hernia, infantile malnutrition, dyspepsia and testitis. Over 100 alkaloids together with flavonoids, lignans, steroids, terpenoids and coumarins have been identified in the genus, and m...

A review on phytochemical and pharmacological potential of genus Chelidonium

Many herbal remedies have so far been employed for the treatment of various ailments since the beginning of human civilization. Chelidonium is the smallest genus of family Papaveraceae, occurring in Europe and Asia. This review is intended to integrate traditional ethno-medical knowledge and modern scientific findings about Chelidonium majus in order to promote understanding of its therapeutic ...

The Genus Phyllanthus: An Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review

The plants of the genus Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae) have been used as traditional medicinal materials for a long time in China, India, Brazil, and the Southeast Asian countries. They can be used for the treatment of digestive disease, jaundice, and renal calculus. This review discusses the ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and pharmacological studies of Phyllanthus over the past few decades....

Phytochemical and Pharmacological activity of Genus Plumeria: An updated review

Phytochemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Eucalyptus Genus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Different chemical constituents such as Sideroxylonal C, (+)-oleuropeic acid, cypellocarpins A, B and C, cypellogins A, B and C, Leptospermone, Isoleptospermone, grandinol, various essential oils and many others have been isolated from plants of eucalyptus genus. Various eucalyptus species have been rep...