The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics

The genus Caesalpinia (Caesalpiniaceae) has more than 500 species, many of which have not yet been investigated for potential pharmacological activity. Several classes of chemical compounds, such as flavonoids, diterpenes, and steroids, have been isolated from various species of the genus Caesalpini...

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Autores principales: Zanin, João L. Baldim, de Carvalho, Bianca A., Salles Martineli, Paloma, dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique, Lago, João Henrique G., Sartorelli, Patrícia, Viegas, Cláudio, Soares, Marisi G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6269049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22751225
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules17077887
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author Zanin, João L. Baldim
de Carvalho, Bianca A.
Salles Martineli, Paloma
dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique
Lago, João Henrique G.
Sartorelli, Patrícia
Viegas, Cláudio
Soares, Marisi G.
author_facet Zanin, João L. Baldim
de Carvalho, Bianca A.
Salles Martineli, Paloma
dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique
Lago, João Henrique G.
Sartorelli, Patrícia
Viegas, Cláudio
Soares, Marisi G.
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description The genus Caesalpinia (Caesalpiniaceae) has more than 500 species, many of which have not yet been investigated for potential pharmacological activity. Several classes of chemical compounds, such as flavonoids, diterpenes, and steroids, have been isolated from various species of the genus Caesalpinia. It has been reported in the literature that these species exhibit a wide range of pharmacological properties, including antiulcer, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antirheumatic activities that have proven to be efficacious in ethnomedicinal practices. In this review we present chemical and pharmacological data from recent phytochemical studies on various plants of the genus Caesalpinia.
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spelling pubmed-62690492018-12-12 The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics Zanin, João L. Baldim de Carvalho, Bianca A. Salles Martineli, Paloma dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique Lago, João Henrique G. Sartorelli, Patrícia Viegas, Cláudio Soares, Marisi G. Molecules Review The genus Caesalpinia (Caesalpiniaceae) has more than 500 species, many of which have not yet been investigated for potential pharmacological activity. Several classes of chemical compounds, such as flavonoids, diterpenes, and steroids, have been isolated from various species of the genus Caesalpinia. It has been reported in the literature that these species exhibit a wide range of pharmacological properties, including antiulcer, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antirheumatic activities that have proven to be efficacious in ethnomedicinal practices. In this review we present chemical and pharmacological data from recent phytochemical studies on various plants of the genus Caesalpinia. MDPI 2012-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6269049/ /pubmed/22751225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules17077887 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
spellingShingle Review
Zanin, João L. Baldim
de Carvalho, Bianca A.
Salles Martineli, Paloma
dos Santos, Marcelo Henrique
Lago, João Henrique G.
Sartorelli, Patrícia
Viegas, Cláudio
Soares, Marisi G.
The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title_full The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title_fullStr The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title_full_unstemmed The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title_short The Genus Caesalpinia L. (Caesalpiniaceae): Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics
title_sort genus caesalpinia l. (caesalpiniaceae): phytochemical and pharmacological characteristics
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6269049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22751225
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules17077887
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