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Volume 7 | Issue 4 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJBTT-V7I4P604 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22490183/IJBTT-V7I4P604

Re-submitting Musa sapientum L. ssp. sylvestris for more phytochemical and pharmacological investigations

Muhammad Torequl Islam

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Muhammad Torequl Islam, "Re-submitting Musa sapientum L. ssp. sylvestris for more phytochemical and pharmacological investigations," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 15-17, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22490183/IJBTT-V7I4P604

Abstract

A review is done on the phytochemical profile and biological effects of Musa sapientum L. ssp. sylvestris. The findings suggest that it contains a number of important phytochemicals, which may link with its promising pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, cytotoxic effects, anti-hemolytic effect, anti-hemagglutination. Extracts from various parts of this plant can be used to treat above-mentioned diseases/purposes, especially oxidative stress and its related diseases. More researches are highly appreciated to isolate and identify the active principles and their mechanisms of action of the biological activities.

Keywords

ethnobiological; phytochemical; pharmacological activities.

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