Chemical constituents of ailanthus excelsa

Potential antifertility agents from plants: A comprehensive review

“…Studies of its extracts have shown reduced labor pain, febrifuge (Jain and Verma, 1964); antispasmodic (Bhakuni et al, 1969); anticancer, antimicrobial, antiamoebic and antiprotozoal (Ogura et al, 1978b;Shimali et al, 2001); antiplasmodial (Dell'Agli et al, 2008); bronchodilatory (Kumar et al, 2010); gastroprotective and antiscretory (Melanchauski et al, 2010) and hypoglycemic (Cabrera et al, 2008) activities. Several workers have reported various constituents such as quassinoids, glaucarubinone, ailanthin, ␤-sitosterol and malanthin (Kapoor et al, 1971;Bhatia et al, 1985), 1-p-deoxy-13-formyl ailanthinol and ailanthin (Cordell et al, 1978;Bhatia et al, 1983), excelsin, 13,18-dehydroexcelsin, glaucarubin, glaucarbol, 13,18-dehydro 15-iso-valearte and trihydroxy tirucal 7-ene (Ogura et al, 1978a;Jain, 1964;Khan and Shamsuddin, 1978;Khan et al, 1980;Sherman et al, 1980;Suroor et al, 1980) in AE. In order to check its antifertility study, the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of stem bark of AE was studied in rats where strong anti-implantation (72%) and abortifacient activities (56%) were observed at the tested dose levels (200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o.).…”

Antifertility activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Ailanthus excelsa (Roxb): An ethnomedicines used by tribals of Nilgiris region in Tamilnadu

“…Quassinoids, glaucarubinone, ailanthin, beta-sitosterol and malanthin (Kapoor et al, 1971;Bhatia et al, 1985), 1-p-deoxy-13-formyl ailanthinol and ailanthin Bhatia * Corresponding author. Tel.…”

<i>In-vitro</i> and <i>In-vivo</i> Antiasthmatic Studies of <i>Ailanthus excelsa</i> Roxb. on Guinea Pigs

“…A recent study reveals that ethanol extracts of A. excelsa leaves have a significant hepatoprotective effect on experimental liver damage in rats [8] and antidiabetic activity [9]. The plant is reported to contain flavonoids, quassinoides, alkaloids, terpenoids, sterols and Saponins [10][11][12][13]. Based on ethno botanical practice A. excelsa is a rich source of different chemical compounds with a variety of potential biological activities.…”