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. 2022 Sep 2;11(17):2293. doi: 10.3390/plants11172293

Table 1.

Biological activities of extracts and compounds isolated from A. chlorantha.

Biological Activities Plant Part/Sample/Isolated Phytochemical Used
Antiamoebic Isolated Protoberberine alkaloids [41]
Antibacterial Aqueous extract of stem bark [42,43]
Isolated essential oils [29]
Ethanol extract of root [26]
Ethanol extracts of stem bark and stem and methanol fractions [44]
Alkaloidal extracts of stem bark [45]
Jartrorrhizine-1, canadine-1, argentine, jartrorrhizine and berberine (molecular docking analysis) [46]
Antifungal Isolated essential oils [29]
Ethanol extract of root [26]
Alkaloidal extracts of stem bark [45]
Argentinine-1, columbamine-1, jartrorrhizine-1, pseudocolumbamine-1 (molecular docking analysis) [46]
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties Boiled water bark extract [47]
Isolated essential oils [29]
Methanol-dichloromethane bark extracts [48]
Methanol, n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and aqueous fractions of stem bark extracts [25]
Anti-leishmania Aqueous extract stem bark [49]
Isolated protoberberine alkaloids [50,51]
Antimalarial Aqueous and ethanol extract of stem bark [49,52]
Leaf and bark decoctions [32]
Boiled water bark extracts [53,54]
Methanol extract of stem bark [55]
Aqueous, hexane, ethanol and methanol (acetogenin-rich) fractions of stem bark and stem [30,31]
Isolated protoberberine alkaloids [41,56]
1,3-dibenzoyl-2-azepanone and 3,5-bis(1,1- dimethylethyl)-phenol (molecular docking analysis) [57]
Antipyretic properties Aqueous extract of bark [58]
Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of stem bark [24]
Anti-trypanosoma Ethanol extract of root [26]
Aqueous extract of stem bark [49]
Isolated protoberberine alkaloids [51,59]
Gastroprotective Ethanol extract of stem bark [60]
Isolated Protoberberine alkaloids [61,62]
Haematological Ethanol extract of stem bark [35]
Hepatoprotective Hepasor (a protoberberine-containing extract) [63,64]
Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of stem bark [65]
Testiculoprotective Aqueous extract of stem bark [66,67]