Phytochemicals, bioactivities of Euclea natalensis: A review
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Euclea natalensis, chemical compounds, bioactivitiesAbstract
Euclea natalensis is from family Ebenaceae. It is widely used for curing bronchitis, pleurisy, chronic asthma and urinary tract infections by the Zulus, in South Africa. It is traditionally used as herbal medicine for several human diseases and ailments in tropical Africa. It has a high degree of consensus on abdominal pains, antidote for snake bites, diabetes, diarrhoea, malaria, roundworms, stomach problems, toothache, venereal diseases and wounds. Several ethnopharmacological studies have shown that crude extracts and chemical compounds from E. natalensis demonstrated many biological activities both in vitro and in vivo, which included antibacterial, antidiabetic, antifungal, antimycobacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, antiplasmodial, larvicidal, antischistosomal, molluscicidal, dentin permeability and hepatoprotective activities.
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