Abstract
Medicinal plants are traditionally employed along with the modern medicine in developed and developing countries in the world. They play an imperative role in promoting a primary healthcare system. About 25% of the prescription drugs existing worldwide are derived from natural resources. Adenium obesum is a wild flowering medicinal plant fitting in to the family Apocynaceae found in Oman and other Gulf countries. The phytochemical studies of A. obesum effected that the plant contained different groups of chemical compounds like carbohydrate, cardiac glycoside, flavonoid, prenylated flavonoids, terpenoids, pregnanes, etc. Additionally, the pharmacological activities showed notew orthy anticancer, antiviral, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, molluscicidal, and hematotoxicidal activities. Scientific research works on A. obesum are insufficient. This comprehensive review report of the selected medicinal plant comprises biological activity, phytochemicals, and potential uses. The study ends that the plant extracts or isolated phytochemicals might be used as safe novel medicine in the near future for therapy and prevention of diverse diseases in the near future
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