Linh NTT, Ha NTT, Tra NT, Anh LTT, Tuyen NV, Son NT. Medicinal Plant
Centipeda Minima: A Resource of Bioactive Compounds.
Mini Rev Med Chem 2021;
21:273-287. [PMID:
33087028 DOI:
10.2174/1389557520666201021143257]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Centipeda minima (the family Asteraceae) is an annual herbaceous plant native to the tropical regions, especially in eastern tropical Asia. C. minima is well-known in the list of medicinal plants with capacities in treatment of whooping cough, nasal allergy, malaria, and asthma. More than sixty reports on phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of this plant are now available, but a supportive review is insufficient.
OBJECTIVE
The current review aims to make a compilation of almost all of the isolated compounds from the title plant, together with their pharmacological activities.
METHODOLOGY
Centipeda minima is a meaningful keyword to search for previous references, while the reliable databases, such as Sci-Finder, Google Scholar, Pub Med, Science Direct, the Web of Science, Scopus, Bentham science, Taylor Francis, Springer, IOP Science were utilized at most.
CONCLUSION
More than one hundred secondary metabolites, classifying as terpenoids, flavonoids, mono-phenols, fatty acids, amides, and other types, were isolated from this plant. Among them, sesquiterpene lactones are dominant in either C. minima species or numerous plants of genus Centipeda. These phytochemical groups also possessed various biological results like anti-cancer, anti-bacteria, anti-allergy, anti-virus, anti-inflammation, and hepatoprotective activities. With many kinds of bioactive results such as anti-cancer and anti-inflammation, the use of C. minima plant extracts and isolated compounds for drug development seems to be a futuristic strategy.
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