Isolona hexaloba Engl. & Diels: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Future Directions: A Mini-Review
Lengbiye Moke,
Gédéon Bongo,
Kongumbeti Goga,
Jeff Iteku,
Inkoto Liyongo,
Claudine Tshiama,
Ngunde Ngunde,
Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua,
Pius Mpiana
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
53-59
Received:
9 June 2018
Accepted:
30 September 2018
Published:
29 October 2018
Abstract: The aim of this review was to provide an updated knowledge on the Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy of Isolona hexaloba Engl. & Diels. A literature search was conducted to obtain information about the phytochemistry and pharmacognosy of Isolona hexaloba from various electronic databases (PubMed Central, PubMed, Science Direct and Google scholar). The scientific name of this plant species was used as a keyword for the search, along with the terms phytochemistry and pharmacognosy. The chemical structures of the Isolona hexaloba and Isolona genus naturally occurring compounds were drawn using ChemBioDraw Ultra 12.0 software package. The findings revealed that this plant is traditionally used as a purgative and in treating sores, smoke from the bark as a strained muscle relaxant, infectious and parasitic pathologies, loss of appetite, rheumatism, intestinal cramps, headache, back pains, sexual weakness. This plant is reported to possess various biological properties like antioxidant, antimicrobial, antihyperglycemic, antileishmanial and antimalarial. These properties are due to the presence of numerous naturally occurring phytochemicals like flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, reducting sugars, coumarins, terpenes and steroids. The present mini-review revealed that Isolona hexaloba Engl. & Diels is a good candidate for Tropical Plants Screening Research program for the development of lead compounds against genetic and parasitic diseases such as the evaluation of the anthelminthic activity.
Abstract: The aim of this review was to provide an updated knowledge on the Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy of Isolona hexaloba Engl. & Diels. A literature search was conducted to obtain information about the phytochemistry and pharmacognosy of Isolona hexaloba from various electronic databases (PubMed Central, PubMed, Science Direct and Google scholar). Th...
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Aboveground Biomass Stockpile and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Albizia saman in Chennai Metropolitan City, India
Muthulingam Udayakumar,
Ammaiyappan Selvam,
Thangavel Sekar
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
60-66
Received:
19 June 2018
Accepted:
29 September 2018
Published:
29 October 2018
Abstract: Albizia saman (Jacquin) F. Mueller belongs to the family Fabaceae (sub family: Mimosoideae) is a native to Northern South America. Commonly known as rain tree and locally known as Thoongu-moonchi maram (Tamil). The species’ introduced during Colonial period as an ornamental tree in Chennai metropolitan city (CMC). Though A. saman represent as a dominant tree species’ in CMC, there are voids in baseline data such as density, biomass stockpile, and annual C sequestration potential hence this study was conducted to fill these voids. A total of 2522 individuals which cover 1672.14 m2 basal area (mean = 9.61 ± 4.95 m2 ha-1; range = 0-24.96 m2 ha-1) was recorded from study plots. During study period A. saman stocked a sum of 6403.51 Mg aboveground biomass (AGB) (mean = 36.8 ± 18.9 Mg ha-1; range = 0-95.4 Mg ha-1) and 3201.76 Mg C (mean = 18.9 ± 9.45 Mg ha-1; range = 0-47.7 Mg ha-1). C storage of individual tree ranged from 3.74 to 4598.18 kg with a mean value of 1269.53 ± 1082.25 kg. On an average, each tree achieved 1.04 ± 0.27 cm horizontal growth yr-1. In a year A. saman population sequestered 111.23 Mg biomass in aboveground (in 174 ha). The mean C sequestration of study area was 319.62 ± 184.0 kg ha-1 year-1. In total, the study area sequestered 55.62 Mg C year-1. Overall, in a year A. saman absorbed 204.13 Mg CO2 for C sequestration in study area. CO2 absorption ranged from 385.46 to 3009.29 kg ha-1 yr-1. The monetary value of C storage and annual sequestration of A. saman is also investigated. Though introduced from tropical Northern South America A. saman provides a considerable ecosystem services to CMC through C storage and sequestration. This study estimated monetary values of just two ecosystem services of A. saman, study that concentrates on all ecosystem services is essential to assess total actual ecosystem service values.
Abstract: Albizia saman (Jacquin) F. Mueller belongs to the family Fabaceae (sub family: Mimosoideae) is a native to Northern South America. Commonly known as rain tree and locally known as Thoongu-moonchi maram (Tamil). The species’ introduced during Colonial period as an ornamental tree in Chennai metropolitan city (CMC). Though A. saman represent as a dom...
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