Pharmacological Activities of Cassytha Filiformis: A Review
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چکیده
Cassytha filiformis L. (Lauraceae), a medicinal plant is traditionally used for the treatment of cancer, African trypanosomiasis and many other related diseases. This plant has a wider distribution throughout India and used medicinally in China, Indochina, Madagascar and South Africa. Thus, Cassytha filiformis is medicinally used as an antiplatelet, vasorelaxant, alphaadrenoreceptor antagonist and also as a antitrypnosomal agents. Some of the isolated compounds from the extracts of this plant are aporphine alkaloid, oxo‐aporphine alkaloid, cassyformine, filiformine, cathaformine, lignan, actinodophine, and octenine. In modern medical research, C. filiformis has been investigated to possess a number of biologically active chemical compounds with the therapeutic potential in human health applications. In this review, we have explored the various dimensions of the plant Cassytha filiformis and compiled its few pharmacological applications to reveal its medicinal properties and its application in the pharmaceutical industries.
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