Abstract
Pleiocarpa genus is a flowering plant from the Apocynaceae family which are rich sources of phytochemicals and have been reported to be useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments, fever, malaria, pain, diabetes and cancer. The aim of this review is to present the past and current ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and the pharmacology of Pleiocarpa genus which are underexploited as revealed through this review in order to enhance its potential source of phytochemical leads in medicine. Some pharmacological activities of these plants based on their acclaimed ethnomedicinal uses have been investigated by various researchers. The chemical profile of the genus is limited to alkaloids and triterpenoids, where indole alkaloids may be considered as important taxonomical markers.
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Abbreviations
- AChE:
-
Acetylcholinesterase
- IC50 :
-
Half maximal inhibitory concentration
- HeLa:
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Cervical cancer cells MCF-7, human breast cancer cells
- KMST-6:
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Normal cell lines
- HT-29:
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Human colon adenocarcinoma
- WST-1 assay:
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(4-[3-(4-Iodophenyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-2H-5-tetrazolio]-1,3-benzene disulfonate)
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Omoyeni, O.A., Hussein, A.A., Iwuoha, E. et al. A review of the ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the Pleiocarpa genus. Phytochem Rev 16, 97–115 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-015-9449-6
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