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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Cyathea Species

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Bioactive Compounds in Bryophytes and Pteridophytes

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Abstract

Cyatheaceae family consists of most of the tree fern diversity with 600 species of tree ferns approximately. It includes three genera, namely, Alsophila, Cyathea, and Sphaeropteris. Many works focused on taxonomy and systematic treatments and molecular phylogenetic works of Cyatheaceae due to its puzzling morphological diversities in identifying species. Cyathea species are being used in traditional medicine worldwide to treat various ailments, such as dysentery, body pain, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, inflammation, respiration, antihelmintic, headache, and respiration. The phytochemical studies confirmed the presence of carbohydrates, starch, glycosides, saponins, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, sterols, terpenes, polyuronides, steroids, terpenoids, triterpenoids, anthraquinone, polyphenol, glycoside, coumarin, and cardiac glycosides. Hence, the present review aims to summarize the phytochemical, biological activities, and medicinal importance of the Cyathea species and provides an update for further research. Although some Cyathea species have demonstrated antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and anticancer potential, phytochemical studies and in vivo and in vitro biological activities remain unexplored for most of the Cyathea species.

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Abbreviations

1D:

One direction

2D:

Two direction

ALP:

Alkaline phosphatase

AQF:

Aqueous fraction

BCB:

β-carotene scavenging activity

BUF:

Butanolic fraction

CCl4:

Carbon tetrachloride

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DPPH:

2,2-Diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate

EAF:

Ethyl acetate fraction

EDX:

Energy dispersive X-ray analysis

FIC:

Fractional inhibitory concentration

FRAP:

Ferric reducing ability of plasma

FT-IR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

GA:

Gibberellic acid

GC-MS:

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

HIV:

Human immunodeficiency viruses

HPLC/GC:

High performance liquid chromatography/gas chromatography

HPTLC:

High performance thin liquid chromatography

LC50:

Lethal concentration 50%

MAO:

Monoamine oxidase

MBC:

Maximum breathing capacity

MCF:

Material Collection Facility

MIC:

Minimum inhibitory concentration

MS:

Mass spectroscopy

MTT:

3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

PASS:

Prediction of activity spectra for substances

PPM:

Parts per million

PSA:

Prostate-specific antigen

SEM-EDX:

Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

SGOT:

Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase

SGPT:

Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase

TB:

Tuberculosis

TLC:

Thin layer chromatography

TP:

Total protein test

UV-Vis:

Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

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    Johnson Marimuthu alias Antonysamy, Vidyarani George, Silvia Juliet Iruthayamani & Shivananthini Balasundaram

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Marimuthu alias Antonysamy, J., George, V., Iruthayamani, S.J., Balasundaram, S. (2023). Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Cyathea Species. In: Murthy, H.N. (eds) Bioactive Compounds in Bryophytes and Pteridophytes. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23243-5_17

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