Comprehensive Review of Cratoxylum Genus: Ethnomedical Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Properties

In the past, Cratoxylum genus has often been utilized as traditional medicines, culinary ingredients, health supplements, well manufacturing materials. This flowering plant belongs to family Hypericaceae and is classified into six species: arborescens, cochinchinense, formosum, glaucum, maingayi, sumatranum. The native Asia a medicinal plant. It currently being translated conventional therapeutics preventive agent for diabetes mellitus cardiovascular diseases. phytochemical analysis pharmacological investigations on species have unveiled wide spectrum of phytoconstituents, including xanthones, triterpenoids, flavonoids, phenolic compounds. These compounds are attributed their significant effects, such antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antimalarial, anti-gastric ulcer, anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, antidiabetic, anticancer activities. research findings strengthened foundation be further developed applied selective therapeutic drugs various ailments. paper discusses regarding its uses, compounds, properties.