Abstract
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, including the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. Nearly five hundred seventy chemical compounds have so far been isolated from several Prunus species. This comprehensive review summarizes the isolation of chemical compounds reported during the period 1908 to June 2010. As per scrutiny of literature, we did not find any review on the chemistry or biology of genus Prunus or on the biological activities of its constituents.
Extensive work has been done at the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi by several groups on the isolation, identification, biological activity evaluation and synthesis of a large number of novel compounds from different Prunus species during the the last six decades (1940-2000), primarly by Seshadri, Nagarajan and Parmar et al. on P. domestica, P. cerasus, P. cerasoides, P. puddum and P. communis. This comprehensive review will benefit a large number of researchers in the fields of chemistry, botany, drug industries and pharmacology.
Keywords: Prunus, flavonoid, steroids, proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins, coumarins, carotenoids, gibberelins, genus of trees, pharmacology
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Chemical Constituents of the Genus Prunus and their Medicinal Properties
Volume: 18 Issue: 25
Author(s): V. Poonam, Raunak, G. Kumar, C. S. Reddy L., R. Jain, S. K. Sharma, A. K. Prasad and V. S. Parmar
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Keywords: Prunus, flavonoid, steroids, proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins, coumarins, carotenoids, gibberelins, genus of trees, pharmacology
Abstract: Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, including the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. Nearly five hundred seventy chemical compounds have so far been isolated from several Prunus species. This comprehensive review summarizes the isolation of chemical compounds reported during the period 1908 to June 2010. As per scrutiny of literature, we did not find any review on the chemistry or biology of genus Prunus or on the biological activities of its constituents.
Extensive work has been done at the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi by several groups on the isolation, identification, biological activity evaluation and synthesis of a large number of novel compounds from different Prunus species during the the last six decades (1940-2000), primarly by Seshadri, Nagarajan and Parmar et al. on P. domestica, P. cerasus, P. cerasoides, P. puddum and P. communis. This comprehensive review will benefit a large number of researchers in the fields of chemistry, botany, drug industries and pharmacology.
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Poonam V., Raunak , Kumar G., S. Reddy L. C., Jain R., K. Sharma S., K. Prasad A. and S. Parmar V., Chemical Constituents of the Genus Prunus and their Medicinal Properties, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2011; 18 (25) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986711803414386
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