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Title:
Medicinal Uses Of Selected Fruit Trees And Woody Perennials
Researcher(s):
Saturnina Halos
Institution:
University of the Philippines, National Science Research Institute, Diliman, Quezon City
Abstract:
Herbal medicine practice is indigenous to South and Southeast Asia and is useful to farmers living in locations far from medical services. The most extensive study on medicinal plants in the Philippines lists 838 species with 262 tree species, including 31 fruit tree species. This study is derived mostly from surveys/reports on their efficacy by actual users and on their chemical composition. Later studies describe biological tests to detect anticancer, antimicrobial and mutagenic activities. Nine of 35 tree species tested had positive anticancer activity. Three of these are common fruit trees (Annona squamosa, Persea americana and Carica papaya). One is nitrogen fixing, (Casuarina equisetifolia), and two are leguminous (Piliostigma malabaricum and Caesalpinia pulcherrima). Voacanga globosa also has been added to the list of trees with anticancer substances based on a report on actual remission and inhibition of induced cell division. Exceptionally high antibacterial properties have been recorded for several tree species. Of note are the fruit trees, Psidium guajava, the extract of which is active against dental pathogens, and Syzygium cumini, which is effective against the staph skin pathogen. The oleoresin of Canarium luzonicum has been identified in studies as mutagenic.
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Price:
RM30.00 - (USD7.89) |
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