Table 1.
Ethnopharmacological properties of Litsea species and their uses.
| Country | Species | Plant Parts | Ethnopharmacological Properties | Solvent/Ratio/Dose Administered | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | L. akoensis Hayata | Stem bark | Cytotoxicity, antimicrobial activity | 15–30 μL of the oil dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) inoculated to plates with test microorganisms | [30] |
| China, Taiwan, Indochina | L. acutivena Hayata | Leaves and twigs | Oil for antimicrobial | 50 μL of 1 mg/mL MTT administered against A549 and HT-29 cells | [31] |
| India, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and other parts of Southeast Asia | L. cubeba (Lour.) Pers. | Fruits | Pain reliever, promotes blood circulation, relieves stomach distension, asthma, demesia, diarrhea, turbid urine, and traumatic injury | - | [28,32,33,34] |
| Roots | Relieves cold, stomachache, headache, dermatophytosis, and arthralgia | - | |||
| Leaves | Promotes blood circulation, cures mammitis, heals hemostasis, sores furuncle, insect and snake bites, cures myocardial infarction in Wistar rats | 100 to 200 mg/kg of extract daily for a period of 21 days in rats | |||
| India | L. chinensis (Gaertn.) Sonner. | Fruit, leaves, stem | Activates sexual behavior | 500 mg/kg of extract to male rats | [35] |
| Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan | L. garciae S. Vidal | Fruits | Antifungal, antioxidant | Samples (0.1 g) extracted for 2 h with 80% methanol | [36] |
| Southern Korea, Japan | L. japonica (Thunb.) Jussieu | Leaves | Antioxidative, anti-inflammatory | Assay with IC50 values of 149 and 58 μM | [37,38] |
| India (Eastern Himalaya) | L. laeta (Nees) Hook. f. | Leaves | Fuelwood | - | [39] |
| Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Burma, China | L. monopetala (Roxb.) Pers | Barks, leaves, roots, trunk | Cures gonorrhea, skin diseases, boil, diarrhea, and dislocation, antimicrobial | Fungal growth inhibition at 150–250 µL/L with fumigation | [40,41,42] |
| Taiwan | L. nakaii Hayata | Leaves | Antimicrobial | 15–30 μL of the oil in DMSO applied to microbial plates | [43] |
| Indonesia | L. odorifera Val. | Leaves | Anti HSV-1 | - | [44] |
| India | L. polyantha Juss. | Barks and roots | Effective in pains, bruises, fractures, diarrhea | - | [45] |
| China | L. rotundifolia Hemsl. | Roots | Treating rheumatic pain | - | [33] |
| India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China | L. salicifolia (J. Roxb. ex Nees) Hook. f. | - | Fruits for bone fracture, stomach disorder | - | [46,47] |
| Malaysia (Sarawak) | L. turfusa Kosterm. | Ground barks | Antifungal, antitumor | - | [48] |