Diversity of bioactive secondary metabolites produced by medicinal plants of Physalis angulata L. (Ciplukan)

Physalis Angulata L . : an Ethanopharmacological Review

Screening of Medicinal Plants for Secondary Metabolites

The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts or the bioactive constituents. This type of study provides the health application at affordable cost. Secondary metabolites are responsible for medicinal activity of plants. Hence in the present study phytochemical screening of some important medicinal plants was carried out. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of these plants...

Identification of some secondary metabolites produced by four Penicillium species

Fungi produce a wide range of secondary metabolites such as antibiotics, toxins, alkaloids, fatty acids, ketones and alcohols during active cell growth. The present study was aimed to identify secondary metabolites from some Penicillium species, using GC-MS. Many important compounds such as 3-oxoquinuclidine in Penicillium jenseii, formamidine in Penicillium pusillum, orcinol and 1,3,8-p-mentha...

Cytotoxic withanolides from Vietnamese ethno-medicinal plant Physalis angulata

Withanolides are known as the main components of Physalis genus with broad biological activities. Using combination of various chromatographic methods, three withanolides were isolated including physagulin J (1), physagulin K (2), and physagulin N (3). Their chemical structures were determined by analysis of NMR spectra, and as well as comparison with reported literature. Compound 1 showed sign...

Medicinal plants: a source of anti-parasitic secondary metabolites.

This review summarizes human infections caused by endoparasites, including protozoa, nematodes, trematodes, and cestodes, which affect more than 30% of the human population, and medicinal plants of potential use in their treatment. Because vaccinations do not work in most instances and the parasites have sometimes become resistant to the available synthetic therapeutics, it is important to sear...