Phytochemical and Phytotherapeutic Properties of Celosia species- A Review

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been used basically in all cultures as a source of medicine. Medicinal plants play an important role in public health, especially in developed and developing countries and leads to examination for therapeutic and pharmacological applications. Medicinal Plants have been used for thousands of years to flavor and conserve food, to treat different health issues and to prevent diseases including epidemics. Active compounds produced during secondary metabolism are usually posses the biological properties of plant species used throughout the globe for various purposes, including treatment of infectious diseases. Based on the medicinal values, the Celosia species has been chosen for this study. Celosia species plays an important role in traditional medicine to cure several disorders such as fever, diarrohea, mouth sores, itching, wounds, jaundice, gonorrhea, and inflammation. A variety of phytoconstituents are isolated from the Celosia species which includes triterpenoids, saponins, alkaloids, phenols, tannins, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, steroids, phytosterols, and phlobatannins. The plant having potential pharmacological values screened for its various pharmacological activities, namely, anti-inflammatory, immune-stimulating, anticancer, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, wound healing, antidiabetic, antinociceptive effect and antibacterial activities which are reported in the extracts of different parts of the plant. The objective of this study was to provide an overview of the ecology, phytoconstituents, pharmacology of Celosia species and to confess their therapeutic potentials and secure an evidence base for further research works on Celosia.

Antiulcerogenic effects of Celosia trigyna plant extracts on ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in adult Wistar rats

“…Medicinal plant contains very active ingredients used for treating various diseases. 4 Tradomedical practitioners have provided insight into alternative treatments for gastric ulcers as many plant extracts have been very useful in their management. The leaf extracts of Eruca sativa to were found to exhibit anti-ulcer activity against ethanol-induced gastric mucosa injury in animal models.…”

Chromatographic Separation and Identification of Many Fatty acids and Phenolic Compounds from Flowers of Celosia cristata L. and Its Inhibitory Effect on Some Pathogenic Bacteria

“…From the previous studies(Al-Snafi, 2015) were carried out of using groups of medicinal plants includes Celosia cristata L. This review was designed as a second part of medicinal plants with antimicrobial activity. In this study (Varadharaj and Muniyappan, 2017) was appeared which was used 3 types of celosia within cristata that was containing Alkaloids, Saponins, Tannins, Flavonoids, and also phenolic compounds were appeared antibacterial effect and anti-inflammatory. Moreover, these results revealed that the aqueous extract had higher significant anthelmintic activity than methanol extract.…”

EKSTRAKSI MINYAK BIJI JENGGER AYAM (Celosia argentea var. cristata) DAN KARAKTERISASI DAN KANDUNGANNYA

“…C.argentea menghasilkan biji yang selama ini belum dimanfaatkan kecuali sebagai bibit atau benih. Pada biji tersebut memiliki komposisi asam lemak linoleat-oleatpalmitat sederhana dengan lemak sebanyak 56 g/kg sampai dengan 109 g/kg serta protein 170 g/kg yang memiliki komposisi asam lemak linoleat-oleat-palmitat sederhana (Varadharaj and Muniyappan 2017).…”