Ragab, N., EL Sawi, S., Aboutabl, E., El Halawany, A., Marzouk, M. (2022). A comparative review on phytochemical constituents and biological effects of Melilotus indicus (L.) All. and Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., (Fabaceae): evidence for chemosystematic analysis. test, 65(2), 191-202. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.84016.4115
Nermin Ahmed Ragab; Salma Ahmed EL Sawi; Elsayed Ali Aboutabl; Ali Mahmoud El Halawany; Mona Mohamed Marzouk. "A comparative review on phytochemical constituents and biological effects of Melilotus indicus (L.) All. and Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., (Fabaceae): evidence for chemosystematic analysis". test, 65, 2, 2022, 191-202. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.84016.4115
Ragab, N., EL Sawi, S., Aboutabl, E., El Halawany, A., Marzouk, M. (2022). 'A comparative review on phytochemical constituents and biological effects of Melilotus indicus (L.) All. and Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., (Fabaceae): evidence for chemosystematic analysis', test, 65(2), pp. 191-202. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.84016.4115
Ragab, N., EL Sawi, S., Aboutabl, E., El Halawany, A., Marzouk, M. A comparative review on phytochemical constituents and biological effects of Melilotus indicus (L.) All. and Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., (Fabaceae): evidence for chemosystematic analysis. test, 2022; 65(2): 191-202. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.84016.4115

A comparative review on phytochemical constituents and biological effects of Melilotus indicus (L.) All. and Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., (Fabaceae): evidence for chemosystematic analysis

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Article 22, Volume 65, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 191-202    PDF (1.17 M)
Document Type: Review Articles
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.84016.4115
Authors
Nermin Ahmed Ragab1; Salma Ahmed EL Sawi1; Elsayed Ali Aboutabl2; Ali Mahmoud El Halawany2; Mona Mohamed Marzouk* 3
1Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt 12622.
2Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr-el-Aini Street, 11562, Cairo, Egypt.
3Phytochemistry and Pant Systematics Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt 12622.
Abstract
Some Melilotus species have been well acknowledged in worldwide traditional medicine, where its folk uses not only heal simple ailments but also used in vital disorders. The current review considers the comparative phytochemical and biological prospective survey of Melilotus messanensis (L.) All. and a medicinal Melilotus species; Melilotus indicus (L.) All., aiming to highlight the medicinal significance for the former species. A chemical survey of both species revealed around 135 metabolites (phenolic acids, coumarins, flavonoids, terpenoids, two saponins, fatty acid esters, and others). Also, their bioactivity studies have been directed to potential antioxidant, antidiabetic, and/or antimutagenic activities, while the folk medicinal properties, as well as the anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory assays were limited to M. indicus. Thus, this review draws attention to further biological research for M. messanensis to discover its medicinal uses. From the chemosystematics point of view, the fruit morphology and the structural chemical variations confirmed the significance of the two species. As well as their chemical resemblances with a well-known commercial medicinal species; Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall., which predict the significance medicinal outcomes of M. messanensis.
Keywords
Chemosystematics; Fabaceae; Melilotus indicus; Melilotus messanensis; Pharmacological; Phytochemical
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