Issn  2249-7579
e Issn  2249-7579
Publisher JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
Title

THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AMMANNIA BACCIFERA - A REVIEW

Authors
Ali Esmail Al-Snafi
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Thiqar University, Iraq.
Keywords
Ammanniabaccifera ,pharmacology ,constituents ,

Abstract

Ammanniabaccifera contained hentriacontine, dotriacontanol, betulinic acid, lupeol, ellagic acid, quercetin, and lawsone. The root contained flavonoids, phenols and carbohydrate, the total amount of tannins were 0.42 and poly phenols were 4.04%. steroid, triterpenes, coumarines, flavanol, and tannin were also isolated from different parts of Ammanniabaccifera. It was reportedthat Ammanniabacciferaexerted anti-inflammatory, analgesic, gastroprotective, wound healing, antibacterial, antiurolithic, cytotoxic, antisteroidogenic, antioxidant and many other effects. The present review will highlight the chemical constituents and the pharmacological and therapeutic effects ofAmmanniabaccifera

Volume / Issue / Year

5 , 1 , 2015

Starting Page No / Endling Page No

28 - 32