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THE PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ISOLATED BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM ENDEMIC MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MAURITIUS
Article number
675_19
Pages
133 – 137
Language
English
Abstract
The antifungal, antibacterial as well as the ability to contract and relax toad and rate ileal strip by extracts obtained from endemic medicinal plants of Mauritius are reported.
The plants tested are: Antirhea borbonica Gmel.; Chassalia coriacea Verdc.
Var. coriacea (Rubiaceae), Psiadia terebinthina (Pers.) Voigt. (Asteraceae), Canarium paniculatum Lam.
Benth.
Ex Engl. (Burseraceae), and Erythroxylum spp. (Erythroxylaceae). The extracts of the plants from which the tannins have been removed are also tested.
Attempts have also been made at isolating and characterising some of the bioactive components.
The correlation of the ethnobotanical use with the presence of active components is discussed as well.
The plants tested are: Antirhea borbonica Gmel.; Chassalia coriacea Verdc.
Var. coriacea (Rubiaceae), Psiadia terebinthina (Pers.) Voigt. (Asteraceae), Canarium paniculatum Lam.
Benth.
Ex Engl. (Burseraceae), and Erythroxylum spp. (Erythroxylaceae). The extracts of the plants from which the tannins have been removed are also tested.
Attempts have also been made at isolating and characterising some of the bioactive components.
The correlation of the ethnobotanical use with the presence of active components is discussed as well.
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Authors
A. Gurib-Fakim, D. Marie, F. Narod
Keywords
bioactive compounds, ethnobotany, extracts
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