Ethnopharmacological, biological and chemical aspects of the Cassia genus

Quimica nova

Castro-Gambôa, Ian¹  Silva, Dulce Helena Siqueira¹  Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva¹  Viegas Junior, Cláudio¹  Rezende, Amanda de¹  Young, Maria Cláudia Marx²  Alexandre-Moreira, Magna Suzana³  Miranda, Ana Luisa Palhares de⁴  Barreiro, Eliezer J.⁴ 

[1] Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho', Araraquara, Brasil;Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brasil;Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brasil;Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

关键词: Cassia;    Fabaceae;    Leguminosae.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422006000600025

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

Species of Cassia are widely distributed in tropical and subtropicalregions throughout the world, and have been extensively investigated chemicallyand pharmacologically.They are known to be a rich source of phenolicderivatives, most of them with important biological and pharmacological properties.Some Asian, African and Indian tribes use these species as a laxative, purgative,antimicrobial, antipyretic, antiviral and anti-inflammatory agent. Among a numberof other classes of secondary metabolites, such as anthracene derivatives, antraquinones,steroids and stilbenoids, biologically active piperidine alkaloids are an especiallyimportant bioactive class of compounds that showed to be restricted to a smallgroup of Cassia species. In this paper we present an overview of thechemical, biological and ethnopharmacological data on Cassia piblishedin the literature.

【 授权许可】

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