Review Article
    Pharmacognosy Reviews
    Vol. 16
    Issue 32
    2022
    pp. 95-99
    Open Access

    Review of the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies of the Genus Ormocarpum

    Divinah Kwamboka Nyamboki1,Lucy Aketch Wanga2
    1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Egerton University, Egerton, KENYA.
    2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Egerton University, Egerton, KENYA.
    Correspondence:

    *Divinah Kwamboka Nyamboki

    Department of Chemistry Faculty of Sciences, Egerton University, Egerton, KENYA.

    divinakwambs@gmail.com

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    2022 Author(s)

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    Published:25/08/2022
    Received: 18/02/2022
    Accepted: 10/04/2022

    Abstract

    Secondary metabolites from medicinal plants play an integral role in the modern drug discovery. Ormocarpum species have been used to effectively manage various disease conditions in both human and animal traditional medicines. This review identifies five species in Ormocarpum namely; Ormocarpum kirkii S. Moore, Ormocarpum sennoides (Willd.) DC., Ormocarpum trichocarpum (Taub.) Engl, Ormocarpum cochinchinense (Lour.)Merr) and Ormorcarpum keninse Gillet. Secondary metabolites in different classes of compounds have been isolated in various studies and are herein reported. This review analyses previously reported data from the ethnomedicinal and pharmacological studies of plants in the genus Ormocarpum.

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    Keywords

    Ormocarpum
    Pharmacology
    Phytochemistry
    Secondary metabolites
    Ethnomedicine
    Compounds
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