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Plant Metabolites and Pharmacological Activities of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne

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Leptadenia pyrotechnica is an important medicinal plant of the family, Asclepiadaceae. It is usually found in the desert habitat, and generally used for the treatment of various diseases. The green parts of the plant species are used as fodder and vegetable, and are a very important source of protein, calcium, dietary fiber, phosphorus, vitamin C, and iron. Good quality fibers and many active pharmacological constituents are produced from this plant. The crude extracts of L. pyrotechnica contains five polyphenolic compounds, i.e., caffeic acid, epicatechin, gallic acid, vanillic acid, and quercetin-3-β-D-glucoside. The aim of the present chapter is to entail the details of nutritional, economic, and medicinal values, phytochemistry, and conservation status of this important plant.

Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari and Mohd Sayeed Akhtar have equally contributed for this chapter.

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    1. Department of Botany, The University of Lahore, Sargodha, Pakistan

      Sabahat Javid, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Iqra Munir & Khalid Farooq Akbar

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      Farhat Yasmeen

    4. Department of Botany, Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

      Mohd Sayeed Akhtar

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    Javid, S. et al. (2019). Plant Metabolites and Pharmacological Activities of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. In: Akhtar, M., Swamy, M., Sinniah, U. (eds) Natural Bio-active Compounds. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7154-7_19

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