Abstract
The present review puts forth a comprehensive bioactive profile of a Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS), Cleome viscosa Linn. in the perspective of its ethno-pharmaceutical potential. Commonly known as “Asian spider flower, Bee plant, Tickweed, Cleome, Wild and Dog mustard,” it is an extensively proliferating weed inhabiting the tropics throughout world including India. The species is reported to be a traditional and folkloric asset in India and Thai medicinal systems. The species is bestowed with antiseptic, antihelmintic, carminative, rubefacient, vesicant, febrifuge, and cardiac stimulant properties. Owing to the rich bioactive profile, its pharmacological screening and tremendous biological properties thus inferred is intensifying day-by-day in the scientific world. On account of the immense bioactive potential, the species use can be strategized for ensuring and stabilizing medico-nutritional food security.
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- ABTS:
-
2–2′-Azino-di-[3-ethylbenzthiazoline sulfonate]
- AIDS:
-
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- ALP:
-
Alkaline phosphatase
- ALT:
-
Alanine transaminase
- AST:
-
Aspartate transaminase
- BACs:
-
Bioactive compounds
- CCl4:
-
Carbon tetrachloride
- DPPH:
-
3 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
- FRAP:
-
Ferric-reducing antioxidant power
- HIV:
-
Human immunodeficiency virus
- IC50:
-
Half-maximal inhibitory concentration
- LC:
-
Lethal Concentration
- LNA:
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2-amino-9-[4-oxoazetidin-2-yl]-nonanoic acid
- MES:
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Maximal electroshock induced seizures (MES)
- MIC:
-
Minimum inhibitory concentration
- NUS:
-
Neglected and Underutilized Species
- PGE2:
-
Prostaglandin E2
- PTZ:
-
Pentylenetetrazole induced seizures
- TBL:
-
Serum total bilirubin
- TFC:
-
Total flavonoid content
- TPC:
-
Total phenol content
- WBC:
-
White Blood Cell
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Kaul, V., Saroop, S. (2021). Bioactive Compounds of Asian Spider Flower (Cleome viscosa Linn.). In: Murthy, H.N., Paek, K.Y. (eds) Bioactive Compounds in Underutilized Vegetables and Legumes. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57415-4_8
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