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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Malik, S K
• Ahmad, M
• Khan, F

Titel

QUALTITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF TERPENOID CONTENTS IN SOME IMPORTANT PLANTS OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

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• Pakistan journal of science, 2017-06, Vol.69 (2), p.150

Ort / Verlag

Lahore: Knowledge Bylanes

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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• INTRODUCTION Plants produce a large numbers of secondary metabolites as bioactive compounds such as alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, sterols and terpenes, etc., that have a major role in nutrition, physiology and control of diseases. According to world health organization, 80% of the world's population rely upon such traditional plant-based systems of medicine to provide them with primary healthcare (WHO, 2004). C. carandas (Apocynaceae) is rich in iron, vitamin C and pectin hence is used in the treatment of anemia, oxidative stress and preparation of jelly, jam and syrup (Shafeeq et al., 2014). Epidemiological, experimental and research studies suggest that terpenoids are helpful in the prevention and therapy of several cancer diseases, including mammary, skin, lung, fore-stomach, colon, pancreatic and prostate carcinomas. Numerous preclinical efficacy studies have provided extensive evidence that both naturally occurring and synthetic derivatives of triterpenoids possess chemopreventive as well as therapeutic effects against colon, breast, prostate and skin cancer (Sakarkar and Deshmukah, 2011 and Carro et al, 2013). Freshly prepared extracts were subjected to standard methods of phytochemical analyses (Harborne, 1998) to detect the presence of constituents, viz. flavonoids, alkaloids, phenolics and glycosides. Inhibition of cell cycle progression in human leukemia HL-60 cells esculetin, Cancer Lett. 183(2): 163-168 WHO (2004). Survey of Phytochemical Composition and Biological Effects of Three Extracts from a Wild Plant (Cotoneaster nummularia Fisch. et Mey): A Potential Source for Functional Food Ingredients and Drug Formulations.