Abstract
Assessment of cytotoxicity, antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of ethanol extract of Phyllanthus acidus L. (family: Euphorbiacceae) BarkSubrata Kumar Biswas, Anusua Chowdhury, Joysree Das, Utpal Kumar Karmakar, Manik Chandra Shill, Sheikh Zahir Raihan
Highlights
With the tropical climate, Vietnam has diversity of plant and animals species
We aimed to investigate phytochemical and cytotoxic effect of compounds from bark of Goniothalamus chinensis Merr. & Chun
The bark of Goniothalamus chinensis Merr. & Chun grown in Vietnam was extracted by methanol
Summary
Vietnam has diversity of plant and animals species. Vietnam has more than 12000 plant species; of which nearly 4000 species can be used in traditional medicine. The genus of Goniothalamus contains about 160 species in the world, mostly in Southeast Asia, among which about 19 are distributed in Vietnam (Wiart, 2007). Some species have been used as folk medicines for healing, for digestion and as a tonic plant. Main compounds in Goniothalamus are styryllactone, alkaloid and acetogenin which have cytotoxic, antitumor, insecticides, antifungal, antimalaria, antituberculosis and antioxidant activities (Blázquez et al, 1999). Orlikova et al, have showed goniothalamin, a styryl-lactone isolated from
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