Medicinal Values of A Food Plant - Limonia Acidissima Groff

Abstract

Limonia acidissima Groff is a tree that fits into the Rutaceae family and it is distributed in Asia. This is a food plant and it is also used for medicinal purposes. Its various parts have been using to treat several ailments in ethnomedicines including liver, heart, kidney, eye, and gastric ailments. So far, there is no systematic review available for bioactivities of L. acidissima parts. Hence, this work aims to analyze, summarize, and document the bioactivities and bioactive compounds identified from this plant species. Electronic databases including the Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect were used to detect published articles linked to bioactivities of L. acidissima from 1900 to October 2020. To date, only in vitro and in vivo level of scientific evidence are available for bioactivities. More investigations have been carried out for anticancer, antifungal, and antioxidant activities. Four bioactive compounds have been identified only for antifungal and cardioprotective activities. Only traditional medicinal treatments for tumors, diabetes, diarrhea, heart disorders, urinary tract illnesses, wound healing, and liver diseases have scientific evidence at present. This work analyzed, summarized, and documented the bioactivities of the extracts and compounds isolated from L. acidissima.