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. 2023 Apr 12;31(6):874–888. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2023.04.006

Table 1.

Summary of recent pharmacological activities based on different plant parts of P. macrocarpa.

Plant parts Activity Assay References
Fruit Antioxidant activity DPPH assay (Lay et al., 2014c)
FRAP assay (Shwter et al., 2016)
DPPH & FRAP assay (Mohamed Mahzir et al., 2018)
DPPH assay (Lim et al., 2019)
DPPH assay (Alara et al., 2019)
Anti-microbial activity Disc diffusion method (Othman et al., 2014a)
Anti-diabetic activity α-Glucosidase inhibitory assay (Easmin et al., 2017)
In vivo study using STZ-induced SD rats (Azad and Sulaiman, 2020)
Inhibition of endometriosis development In vitro assay using RL95-2 cell line
Anti-proliferative In vitro assay using Ca Ski, MCF-7, MDAMB231, SKOV-3 and HT-29 cell lines (Tandrasasmita et al., 2015)
In vitro assay using HT-29 cell line (Lay et al., 2014a)
In vitro assay using Y-79 cell lines (Trilaksana et al., 2017)
In vivo study using azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci SD rats (Shwter et al., 2016)
In vivo study for lung carcinogenesis growth in mice Balb/c (Watuguly et al., 2020)
Anti-hypertensive Clinical trial based on 40 respondents for hypertension study in elderly population (Rizal et al., 2020)
Anti-hypertensive and vasorelaxant activity In vivo study using hypertensive rats (Altaf et al., 2018)
Wound healing activity In vivo study using wounded SD rats (Abood et al., 2015)
In vivo study using wounded Rattus norvegicus white rats (Sulistyoning Suharto et al., 2021)
Anti-inflammatory In vivo study using carrageenan-induced male Swiss mice (Tjandrawinata et al., 2015)
In vivo study using ethanol-induced gastric ulcers in SD rats (Abood, 2014)
Aphrodisiac activity In vivo study using male SD rats (Parhizkar et al., 2013b)
In vivo study using male SD rats (Parhizkar et al., 2014)
Leaves Anti-microbial activity Disc diffusion method (Othman et al., 2014a)
Disc diffusion method (Lestari et al., 2019)
Anti-hypercholesteraemic activity In vitro assay based on SR-B1 expression (Andriani et al., 2015)
in vivo study using hypercholesterolemia-induced SD rats (Andriani et al., 2015)
Anti-proliferative In vivo study using DSS-induced Balb/c mice (Kusmardi et al., 2021a), (Kusmardi et al., 2021b)
In vivo study using immunocompromised New Zealand rabbits (Saleh et al., 2021)
In vitro assay using T47D cell line (Christina et al., 2021b)
Analgesic In vivo study using glacial acetic acid-induced M. Musculus mice (Salman et al., 2021)
Seed Antioxidant activity DPPH assay (Lay et al., 2014b)
Anti-proliferative In vitro assay using Ca Ski, MCF-7, MDAMB231, SKOV-3 and HT-29 cell lines (Lay et al., 2014b)
Nutshell Anti-proliferative In vitro assay using EC109, EC9706, MGC-803 and PC-3 (Zhang et al., 2012)
Stem & bark Anti-proliferative In vitro assay using HCT116 cell line (Harmen et al., 2019)
Unknown part Anti-proliferative In vivo study using 18 epidermoid carcinoma induced Swiss mice (Ekasaputra et al., 2020)

Ca Ski- Human cervical carcinoma cells; DPPH-1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl; DSS- Dextran sodium sulfate; EC109- Oesophageal cancer cell line; EC9706- Oesophageal cancer cell line; FRAP- Ferric reducing test; HT-29-Human colon carcinoma cells; HCT116- Colorectal cancer cell line; MCF-7-hormone-dependent breast carcinoma cells; MDAMB231- Human breast adenocarcinoma cells; MGC-803- Stomach cancer cell line; PC-3- Prostate cancer cell line; RL95-2- New human endometrial carcinoma cells; SD-Sprague Dawley; SR-B1- Scavenger receptor B1; SKOV-3- Human ovarian carcinoma cells; STZ-Streptozotocin; T47D- Breast cancer cell line; Y-79-Human retinoblastoma cells.