Abstract
This paper reviews the traditional uses and customs of people in the use of Barringtonia racemosa L., a type of plant mangrove species in their daily life and medicinal approaches. In addition, the phytochemical constituents and the studies in plant biotechnology carried out on this species were also reviewed and summarized by referring to the available documented literatures. It is aimed to provide a systematic review of such topics to facilitate understanding and providing information regarding that particular species. From the current review of literature, it has been clearly depicted that B. racemosa is having promising potentials for natural product discovery through plant biotechnology to be further scrutinized in this species. The information gathered from the ethnobotanical uses of this species as well as its phytochemical constituents are useful to provide a significant background for future works regarding plant secondary metabolites from this species to be further explored by the application of plant biotechnology.
Highlights
Our mother nature has a great diversity of plant species and the existence of plant kingdom provides various benefits towards mankind
Valued as a natural pharmaceuticallyimportant reservoir, plants are known as an important source of industrially-valuable compounds due to plant bioactive constituents which are inherently exist in plant species
Upon phytochemical analysis done on water extract of B. racemosa, the shoots of this species were found to posses three flavonoid compounds which were quercetin, rutin and kaempferol[32] whereby it has been acknowledged that quercetin and kaempferol are the two most predominating flavonols found in fruits and vegetables
Summary
Our mother nature has a great diversity of plant species and the existence of plant kingdom provides various benefits towards mankind. Compounds through Plant Biotechnology been documented so far reporting the importance of plant bioactive compounds in natural product discovery. The research on cell suspension cultures establishment could be potentially used as a viable alternative to natural plant extraction and functions as a platform provider for high-value secondary metabolite production[4]. One of the most widely distributed plant species with myriad functional uses is Barringtonia racemosa or commonly known as powder puff tree or fish poison tree. It is a type of mangrove species and has been used in various tribes around the world due to its wide geographical distribution from eastern Africa to northern Australia[5]. The reviews compiled in this paper are meant to facilitate better understanding and to provide systematic documentation on ethnobotanical uses of this plant species and its phytochemical constituents
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