The Genus Pluchea: Phytochemistry,Traditional Uses,and Biological Activities |
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| Authors: | Hidayat Hussain Ahmed Al‐Harrasi Ghulam Abbas Najeeb Ur Rehman Fazal Mabood Ishtiaq Ahmed Muhammad Saleem Teunis van Ree Ivan R. Green Saeed Anwar Amin Badshah Afzal Shah Iftikhar Ali |
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| Affiliation: | 1. UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al‐Mauz, Nizwa 616, Sultanate of Oman (phone: +968‐92828487;2. fax: +968‐25446289);3. Department of Chemistry, CIIT, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad‐22060, Pakistan;4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DFG Centre for Functional Nanostructures, Wolfgang Gaede Strasse 1, D‐76131 Karlsruhe;5. Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Baghdad Campus‐ul‐Jadid, Bahawalpur, Pakistan;6. Department of Chemistry, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950 South Africa;7. Department of Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa;8. Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan;9. Department of Chemistry, Quaid‐i‐Azam University, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan;10. Department of Chemistry, Karakoram International University, 15100 Gilgit‐Baltistan, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
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. |
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| Keywords: | Pluchea species Sesquiterpenoids Flavonoids Biological activity |
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