Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activities, and therapeutic applications of Cedrela serrata Royle: A mini review.

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Cedrela serrata Royle (C. serrata) is a medicinal plant not only used for constructions but also an important conventional medicine for the treatment of various diseases such as; diabetes, jaundice, liver diseases, diarrhea, fever, chronic infantile dysentery, intestinal worms, hypertension, skin and blood diseases.This review article documents and critically assesses, for the first time; up to date categorized information about C. serrata including its reported pharmacological activities, cultural uses, active compounds, and botanical description.s: All provided information about C. serrata was collected using the electronic databases (e.g. Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct and Springer Link), books (e.g. Trees of Pakistan and Herbalism, Phytochemistry, and Ethnopharmacology) and thesis.Qualitative and quantitative phytochemical studies on C. serrata revealed the presence of important chemical constituents such as; flavonoids, phenolic acids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, and cardiac glycosides. The phytochemicals showed various in vitro activities like antioxidant, anti-infective, antiglycation, cytotoxic activities. Major areas of research conducted on C. serrata are its antioxidant and anti-infective activities. Few historical uses of C. serrata are supported by modern in vitro pharmacological studies such as; antidiarrheal, antidiabetic, and leishmanicidal activity.There were convincing evidence in in vitro studies supporting C. serrata antioxidant, anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-glycating, and cytotoxic activities. Nevertheless, all reported pharmacological activities were carried out in vitro and a gap in research i.e. preclinical and clinical investigation still exists. The authors emphasize the need for future in-depth research and clinical trials to investigate C. serrata pharmacological activity, clinical efficacy and safety. The potential chemical compounds with suggestive classes may need to be isolated and pharmacological activities must be established for these compounds. The plant has very limited information about pharmacological activities and the data available for supportive cultural uses needs proper validation.
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Authors Almubayedh, Hanine;Ahmad, Rizwan;
Journal Journal of ethnopharmacology
Year 2019
DOI S0378-8741(19)30143-6
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Phytochemistry flavonoids caffeic acid (pubchem cid: 689043) ferulic acid (pubchem cid: 445858) gallic acid (pubchem cid: 370) protocatechuic acid (pubchem cid: 72) pharmacological activities ethnopharmacology chlorogenic acid (pubchem cid: 1794427) (pubchem cid: 5282102) astragalin cedrela serrata chemical constituents hyperoside (pubchem cid: 5281643) meliaceae quercetin (pubchem cid: 5280343) ritual vanillic acid (pubchem cid: 8468) o- coumaric acid (pubchem cid: 637540) p- hydroxybenzoic acid (pubchem cid: 135)

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