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Phytochemical and Biological Aspects of Zephyranthes citrina Baker

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Bioactive Compounds in the Storage Organs of Plants

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Abstract

Zephyranthes citrina Baker is a bulbous herb, commonly known as yellow rain lily, and belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a native of tropical and subtropical America but nowadays it is cultivated as a popular ornamental herb in several parts of the world including India. This herb represents one of the richest sources of phytochemicals, especially alkaloids, and possesses great potential for pharmaceutical applications. It shows remarkable antiprotozoal, antimicrobial, anti-Alzheimer, cytotoxic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and other activities. This review is an effort to give a detailed study of the literature on the biological activities of Zephyranthes citrina. This review concludes that Zephyranthes citrina has great potential to treat various diseases and could be used as a source for novel health care products in the near future which requires further experimentation.

All authors contributed equally to this work. IB and DP critically reviewed the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Abbreviations

AAs:

Amaryllidaceae alkaloids

AChE:

Acetylcholinesterase

BuChE:

Butyrylcholinesterase

HeLa:

Henrietta Lacks

MCF-7:

Michigan Cancer Foundation-7/Hormone-dependent breast cancer cell line

MTT:

3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide

POP:

Prolyl oligopeptidase

RP-UHPLC-MS:

Reversed-phase ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

SCC-9:

Squamous carcinoma cancer cell line

WHO:

World Health Organization

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IB is grateful to the management, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya, Kalyani for providing the necessary facilities and encouragement.

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    Biswas, I., Paul, D. (2023). Phytochemical and Biological Aspects of Zephyranthes citrina Baker. In: Murthy, H.N., Paek, K.Y., Park, SY. (eds) Bioactive Compounds in the Storage Organs of Plants. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29006-0_13-1

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