Phytochemicals From Myristica Dactyloides Gaertn

Saravanan Vivekanandarajah Sathasivampillai (), Pholtan Rajeev Sebastian Rajamanoharan and Sujarajini Varatharasan
Additional contact information
Saravanan Vivekanandarajah Sathasivampillai: KnowledgeLink Group, Inc., Waltham, MA 02451, USA
Pholtan Rajeev Sebastian Rajamanoharan: Eastern Provincial Herbal Garden Management Center, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Sujarajini Varatharasan: Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sammanthurai, Sri Lanka

Science Heritage Journal (GWS), 2020, vol. 4, issue 2, 74-75 Volume: 4

Abstract: Myristica dactyloides Gaertn. is an endemic plant species to Sri Lanka and it belongs to Myristicaceae family. M. dactyloides is a medicinal plant that is used to treat various illnesses in traditional medicine in Sri Lanka. There is no review published for M. dactyloides. Thus, this works aims summarize and present a comprehensive review including the phytochemistry of this plant species. This work would provide a foundation for further studying the phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of M. dactyloides. Web of Science (an electronic database) was utilized to identify relevant published work. A sum of 21 compounds have been found in various parts of M. dactyloides belong to classes like arylalkanone and lignan. More compounds were identified from stem bark. Compounds including Malabaricone A have been identified in both seed and stem bark. On the other hand, this is no scientific evidence available for any pharmacological activity study for ethnomedical uses. This work provides a basis for further studying the phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of this plant.

Keywords: Myristica dactyloides; Myristicaceae; Sri Lanka.Journal: Science Heritage Journal (GWS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://jscienceheritage.com/download/1351/ (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zib:zbngws:v:4:y:2020:i:2:p:74-75

DOI: 10.26480/gws.02.2020.74.75

Access Statistics for this article

Science Heritage Journal (GWS) is currently edited by Professor Dr. Ahmed Jalal Khan Chowdhury

More articles in Science Heritage Journal (GWS) from Zibeline International Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Zibeline International Publishing ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).