Medicinal potential of the Cape-pondweed family (Aponogetonaceae): A review

Title

Medicinal potential of the Cape-pondweed family (Aponogetonaceae): A review

Creator

Chougule R.N.; Surveswaran S.; Yadav S.R.; Lekhak M.M.

Description

Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae) is an aquatic genus comprising 60 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. The species of the genus are traditionally used to treat a wide variety of diseases including cuts and wounds, stomach disorders and reviving digestive system, fungal infections, cough, tuberculosis, acne, cancer, diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, snake bite, etc. A total of 50 compounds have been isolated from Aponogeton species. Essential oils, fatty acids and waxes, ester, quinones, steroids, terpenes and terpenoids, phenols and phenolics are the important compounds present in this genus. In this review, we provide an overview of the taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, biogeography, traditional medicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological activities and tissue culture of Aponogeton. Other aspects such as the use of some species as model plant for studying programmed cell death (PCD) are also discussed. This review on the medicinal potential of the genus aims at attracting the attention of biologists to this phytochemically less explored plant group. The knowledge gaps in different areas of research and future perspectives are also discussed. 2022 SAAB

Source

South African Journal of Botany, Vol-149, pp. 994-1007.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

Subject

Aquatic plants; Pharmacology; Siddha formulation; Useerasava

Coverage

Chougule R.N., Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Maharashtra, Kolhapur, 416004, India; Surveswaran S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Yadav S.R., Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Maharashtra, Kolhapur, 416004, India; Lekhak M.M., Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Maharashtra, Kolhapur, 416004, India

Rights

All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 2546299; CODEN: SAJBD

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Review

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.01.023

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