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Current Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

Chemical Constituents of the Genus Prunus and their Medicinal Properties

Author(s): V. Poonam, Raunak, G. Kumar, C. S. Reddy L., R. Jain, S. K. Sharma, A. K. Prasad and V. S. Parmar

Volume 18, Issue 25, 2011

Page: [3758 - 3824] Pages: 67

DOI: 10.2174/092986711803414386

Price: $65

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


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