Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb.: An under-utilized endemic horticultural and medicinal crop
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31783/elsr.2023.92196200Keywords:
botanical description, global distribution, medicinal plant, phyto-constituent analysis, plant usageAbstract
This review attempts to present an account of documented utilities vis-à-vis prospective applications of Garcinia lanceifolia, a hitherto under-utilized and less abundant plant species. This plant is a prospective candidate for the pharmaceutical researchers who aim to bridge the gap between traditional knowledge and modern scientific breakthroughs.
References
[1] T. Anderson (1874). Guttiferae. Flora of British India. London: L. Revee & Co. (ed.), pp. 259-278
[2] J. K. Maheshwari (1964). Taxonomic studies on Indian Guttiferae III. the genus Garcinia L. Bull. Bot. Surv. India., 6: 107-135.
[3] P. S. Shameer, K. B. Rameshkumar and N. Mohanan (2016). Diversity of Garcinia species in the Western Ghats. In: Rameshkumar KB (ed) Diversity of Garcinia species in the Western Ghats: Phytochemical Perspective.. Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute Palode, Akshara Offset Press, Thiruvananthapuram, India, pp1-18.
[4] D. Dutta, P. Hazarika and P. Hazarika (2017). Distribution and diversity of Garcinia L. in Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam. Int. J. Curr. Res., 9: 59644-59655.
[5] A. Kumar, A. J. Saikia and P. Hazarika (2023). Propagation through root suckers in Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb., an endemic medicinal plant species of North East India. Curr. Sci., 124: 291.
[6] N. S. Bora, B. B. Kakoti and B. Gogoi (2014a). Study on antibacterial activity of the bark of Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb. Int. Sch. Res. Not., 1-3. doi: 10.1155/2014/784579.
[7] T. Angami, L.Wangchu, B. Singh, L. Khonglah and A. Thokchom ( 2021). Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb. (Clusiaceae). In: A. A. Waman and P. Bohra (eds.), Perennial Underutilized Horticultural Species of India. pp181-189.
[8] C. Ngernsaengsaruay (2022). Lectotypifications of three names in Garcinia, synonymy of Garcinia pedunculata and detailed descriptions of three species in Garcinia Section Brindonia (Clusiaceae). Diversity, 14: 556. doi: 10.3390/d14070556.
[9] U. Parthasarathy and O. P. Nandakishore (2014). A study on nutrient and medicinal compositions of selected Indian Garcinia species. Curr. Bioact. Compd., 10: 55-61.
[10] J. L. Puma (2016). What is culinary Medicine and what does it do? Popul. Health Manag. 19: 1-3. doi: 10.1089/pop.2015.0003.
[11] T. Chowdhury and P. J. Handique (2012). Evaluation of antibacterial activity and phytochemical activity of Garcinia lancifolia Roxb. Int. J. Pharmaceut. Sci. Res., 3: 1663-1667.
[12] R. S. Policegoudra, S. Saikia, J. Das., P. Chattopadhyay, L. Singh and V. Veer (2012). Phenolic content, antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity and phytochemical composition of Garcinia lanceifolia. Indian J. Pharmaceut. Sci., 74: 268-271.
[13] A. Kar, S. Borkataki and S. K. Borthakur (2008). Extended distribution of the genus Garcinia L. in Sonitpur district, Assam, India. Pleione, 2: 165-170.
[14] N. S. Bora, P. S. Bairy, A. Salam and B. B. Kakoti (2020). Antidiabetic and antiulcerative potential of Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb. bark. Futur. J. Pharm. Sci., 6: 85, doi: 10.1186/s43094-020-00101-6.
[15] N. S. Bora, B. B. Kakoti and B. Gogoi (2014). Investigation of in-vitro anthelmintic activity of Garcinia lanceifolia bark in Pheretima posthuma (Indian adult earthworm). Int. J. Adv. Pharmaceut. Sci., 5: 2007-2010.
[16] N. S. Bora, B. B. Kakoti, P. S. Bairy and B. Gogoi (2014B). Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb; An endemic medicinal plant of Assam relieves pain and delays nociceptive response: An assay for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Drug Res., 6: 216-219.
[17] S. Baruah and S. K. Borthakur (2012). Studies on morphology and ethnobotany of six species of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) found in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India. J. Nat. Prod. Plant Resour., 2: 389-396.
[18] A. Baruah (2007). Less known local fruits of NE India: a digest with emphasis to ethnomedico-botany and chemical constituents. In: P.C. Trivedi (eds.), Ethnomedicinal Plants of India (1st edition), Aavishkar Publisher. pp122-135.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Author (s)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright © The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are properly credited, and the work is not modified or adapted.
