The chemistry and bioactivity of Southern African flora I: a bioactivity versus ethnobotanical survey of alkaloid and terpenoid classes
2015
As a whole, the African continent is highly endowed with a huge floral biodiversity. Natural products which have been isolated from plants growing in this region have shown interesting chemical structures with diverse biological activities, which could serve as a starting point for drug discovery. In this study, a literature survey led to the collection of 864 secondary metabolites from 101 plant species from 57 plant families. A correlation between the known biological activities of isolated compounds and the ethnobotanical uses of the plants has been attempted. This review is a survey of the bioactivities of alkaloids and terpenoids which have been isolated from Southern African flora versus the ethnobotanical uses of the plants used in Southern African traditional medicine.
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