Phytochemical and Ethno-Pharmacological Review of the Genus <i>Araucaria</i> – Review

Abstract

Distribution, traditional uses, isolated chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of some common species of the genus Araucaria are reviewed in this paper. Almost 19 species belong to the genus, Araucaria. It is indigenous to North America. Biflavanoid, diterpene, phenyl propanoid and lignans are abundant in the genus. The most common pharmacological activity of Araucaria in modern medicines is anti-inflammatory. It also possesses other pharmacological activities such as antiulcer, antiviral, neuro-protective, anti-depressant and anti-coagulant. The aim of the present paper is to present an extensive review of the plants in this genus including their traditional uses, chemical constituents and pharmacology.

Biological activities and chemical constituents of Araucaria angustifolia : An effort to recover a species threatened by extinction

“…Besides the nutritional aspects, different parts of A. angustifolia are also used in the Brazilian folk medicine (Aslam et al, 2013). Tinctures extracted from the nodes are traditionally used orally or topically for the treatment of rheumatism and infusions of the nodes are used orally for the treatment of kidney diseases and sexually transmitted diseases.…”

Preliminary Phytochemical Analysis and in Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Araucaria Columnaris Bark Peel and Cosmos Sulphureus Flowers

“…It is distributed throughout the New Caledonia and Peshawar. It is commonly used as an ornamental plant all around the world [12,13].…”

Metabolomic profiling of threeAraucariaspecies, and their possible potential role against COVID-19

“…Therefore, three Araucaria species were subjected for the following study to investigate their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential activities. Anti-inflammatory activity for that genus was reported before using different techniques, exerting a significant results (Aslam et al, 2013 ; Elshamy et al, 2020 ) which was interesting to carry further investigations for the anti-inflammatory activity using different and accurate assay; as the enzyme immunoassay ELISA method which is performed here in the current research comparing three species.…”