Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Cordia dichotoma (Indian cherry): A review

Abstract

More than half of the world's population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents. Among them, Cordia dichotoma Forst., a small to moderate size plant of family Boragenaceae, commonly called bhokar, lasura, gonda, Indian cherry and shlesmataka. Plant parts such as leaves, fruit, bark and seed have been reported for possessing antidiabetic, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulator and analgesic activity. Screening of fruit, leaves and seed shows the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, saponins, terpenes and sterols. Present review focuses on details of geographical distribution, physicochemical parameters, phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Cordia dichotoma reported so far.

Rauvolfianine, a new antimycobacterial glyceroglycolipid and other constituents from Rauvolfia caffra. Sond (Apocynaceae)

“…Screening of literature revealed that, R. caffra, has been previously investigated for its chemical constituents. However, among the various phytochemicals identified to occur in this plant and other species of Rauvolfia genus, mainly alkaloids especially indole alkaloids along with phenols, flavonoids and tannins were detected in large amounts (Amer and Court 1981;O'Connor and Maresh 2006;Deshmukh et al 2012;Jamkhande et al 2013). R. caffra has not been investigated for antitubercular activity.…”

Exploring Phytochemicals and Pharmacological Uses of Cordia Dichotoma (Indian Cherry): A Review

“…Several bioactive compounds were identified in the seeds of C. dichotoma [ figure 2]. The seed contains α-amyrins 3,4 , betulin 6 , octacosanol, lupeol-3-rhamnoside, β-sitosterol 4 , β-sitosterol-3-glucoside, hentricontanol, hentriacontane, taxifolin-3-5-dirhamnoside 6 , hesperitin-7-rhamnoside and fatty acids such as palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid. Flavonoid glycosides (rutoside, robinin, rutin, datiscoside and hesperidin), flavonoid aglycone (dihydrorobinetin) and phenolic derivatives (chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid) were also isolated from seeds 4 .…”

“…Flavonoid glycosides (rutoside, robinin, rutin, datiscoside and hesperidin), flavonoid aglycone (dihydrorobinetin) and phenolic derivatives (chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid) were also isolated from seeds 4 . The significant anti-inflammatory activity of seeds may be attributed because of α-amyrins and taxifolin-3-5-dirhamnoside 3,6 .…”

“…Many phytoconstituents like flavonoids, terpenes, alkaloids, tannins and glycerides having different pharmacological action were screened and isolated from C. dichotoma. Many researchers reported various pharmacological applications of C. dichotoma such as Anti-ulcer 1 , Contraceptives 2 , anti-inflammatory [3][4][5][6] anthelmintic, analgesic, anticancer 4,7 , Antioxdant 8, 9 , antimicrobial 10 , antifungal 10 , hepatoprotective 11 and diuretic purposes and for treating digestive system, respiratory, urogenital, cardiac, vascular and blood disorders. So far only few numbers of comprehensive reviews has been compiled from the literature encompassing the therapeutics uses of cordial dichotoma.…”

Quality Characteristics of Compound Chocolate Enriched with Dried Indian Cherry Fruit Pulp

“…The whole plant of Cordia dichotoma is edible and is used as food. Immature fruits are pickled and are also used as vegetable (Jamkhande et al, 2013). Also, it was found that the using of Cordia myxa fruit extract or its powder as stabilizer for ice cream production produced a better quality with low cost product (Al-Hamdani, 2017).…”