Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Ensete Species
- Title
- Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Ensete Species
- Creator
- Banadka A.; Toppo V.; Sudheer W.N.; Ramakrishnan R.; Lakshmaiah V.V.; Al-Khayri J.M.; Nagella P.
- Description
- Ensete, commonly known as the false banana, is a plant of the subtropical and tropical regions of Asia and Africa. Ensete has received global attention in the past decade. The various parts of the plant, such as the fruits, fruit peel, corm, pseudostem, seed, leaves, flowers, sap, and roots, have been used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments. Starch and other minor/trace components found in Ensete plants have been used as tablet binders, disintegrants, pharmaceutical gelling agents, and sustained release agents in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Ensete has been used as a staple and co-staple food by Ethiopians and has many ethnomedicinal uses. The present chapter validates the historic use of various parts of Ensete in treating ailments by providing detailed information on the phytochemicals present in the plant and discussing various biological properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, hypolipidemic, cytotoxic, antiurolithiatic, antiestrogenic, nephroprotective, and hepatoprotective properties. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
- Source
- Reference Series in Phytochemistry, Vol-Part F2504, pp. 77-103.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
- Subject
- Antioxidants; Ensete; Pharmacological activities; Phytochemicals; Traditional medicine
- Coverage
- Banadka A., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Toppo V., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Sudheer W.N., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Ramakrishnan R., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Lakshmaiah V.V., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Al-Khayri J.M., Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; Nagella P., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 2511834X
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Banadka A.; Toppo V.; Sudheer W.N.; Ramakrishnan R.; Lakshmaiah V.V.; Al-Khayri J.M.; Nagella P., “Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Ensete Species,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18109.