Zorofchian Moghadamtousi, Soheil and Hajrezaei, Maryam and Kadir, Habsah Abdul and Zandi, Keivan (2013) Loranthus micranthusLinn.: Biological Activities and Phytochemistry. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013. p. 273712. ISSN 1741-427X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/273712.
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Loranthus micranthus Linn. is a medicinal plant from the Loranthaceae family commonly known as an eastern Nigeria species of the African mistletoe and is widely used in folkloric medicine to cure various ailments and diseases. It is semiparasitic plant because of growing on various host trees and shrubs and absorbing mineral nutrition and water from respective host. Hence, the phytochemicals and biological activities of L. micranthus demonstrated strong host and harvesting period dependency. The leaves have been proved to possess immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antihypertensive, antioxidant, antidiarrhoeal, and hypolipidemic activities. This review summarizes the information and findings concerning the current knowledge on the biological activities, pharmacological properties, toxicity, and chemical constituents of Loranthus micranthus. © 2013 Soheil Zorofchian Moghadamtousi et al.
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | acetic acid ethyl ester; alkaloid derivative; antidiabetic agent; antidiarrheal agent; antihypertensive agent; antiinfective agent; antilipemic agent; antioxidant; butanol; carbohydrate derivative; chloroform; flavonoid; immunomodulating agent; Loranthus micranthus extract; plant extract; plant glycoside; resin; saponin derivative; steroid; tannin derivative; terpenoid derivative; unclassified drug; water |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2019 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2019 08:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/23066 |
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