The genus Pluchea: phytochemistry, traditional uses, and biological activities.
In this review, literature data on phytochemical and biological investigations on the genus Pluchea are compiled. Pluchea is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family and comprises ca. 80 species distributed mainly in Northern and Southern America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Sesquiterpenoids and flavonoids are the main constituents of this genus. Compounds isolated from plants of the Pluchea genus display a variety of biological properties, viz., anticancer, antileishmanial, immunosuppressive, antioxidant, anti-acetylcholinesterase, antimicrobial, trypanocidal, hepatoprotective, cytotoxic, larvicidal, anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, and antinociceptive activities.
UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mauz, Nizwa 616, Sultanate of Oman (phone: +968-92828487; fax: +968-25446289). Hidayat110@gmail.com.
Hidayat
H
Hussain
Ahmed
A
Al-Harrasi
Ghulam
G
Abbas
Najeeb Ur
NU
Rehman
Fazal
F
Mabood
Ishtiaq
I
Ahmed
Muhammad
M
Saleem
Teunis
T
van Ree
Ivan R
IR
Green
Saeed
S
Anwar
Amin
A
Badshah
Afzal
A
Shah
Iftikhar
I
Ali
D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
D005419:Flavonoids; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes
Biological activity; Flavonoids; Pluchea species; Sesquiterpenoids