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- Title
Spondias sp: Shedding Light on Its Vast Pharmaceutical Potential.
- Authors
Santos, Érica Mendes dos; Ataide, Janaína Artem; Coco, Julia Cedran; Fava, Ana Laura Masquetti; Silvério, Luiza Aparecida Luna; Sueiro, Ana Claudia; Silva, Jéssica Ribeiro Alves; Lopes, André Moreni; Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia; Mazzola, Priscila Gava
- Abstract
Many plants are used by the population through popular knowledge passed from generation to generation for the treatment of various diseases. However, there is not always any scientific content supporting these uses, which is very important for safety. One of these plants is the fruit of the Spondias genus, which during its processing generates various residues that are discarded, but which also have pharmacological properties. The focus of this review is to survey the pharmacological activities that Spondias genus shows, as well as which part of the plant is used, since there is a lot of richness in its by-products, such as leaf, bark, resin, seed, and peel, which are discarded and could be reused. The main activities of this genus are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antifungal, and antiviral, among others. These properties indicate that this genus could be used in the treatment of several diseases, but there are still not many products available on the market that use this genus as an active ingredient.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS; BIOACTIVE compounds
- Publication
Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 4, p1862
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules28041862