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Dennettia tripetala (Pepper Fruit), a review of its ethno-medicinal use, phyto-constituents, and biological properties

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  • Dennettia tripetala (Pepper Fruit), a review of its ethno-medicinal use, phyto-constituents, and biological properties

Dauda Muhammed 1, *, Yetunde H. Adebiyi 2, Bernard O. Odey 3, Rahmatallah A. Alawode 1, Abdullateef Lawal 4, Banke Mary Okunlola 5, Jonathan Ibrahim 6 and Eustace Bonghan Berinyuy 7

1 Southern Guinea Research Station-Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria.
3 Trial Afforestation-Research Station, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Afaka-Kaduna State, Nigeria.
4 Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
5 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria.
6 Gombe State College of Health Science and Technology, Kaltungo, Nigeria.
7 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
Research Article
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 06(03), 035-043.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2021.6.3.0024
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2021.6.3.0024
Received on 10 January 2021; revised on 21 February 2021; accepted on 26 February 2021
There has been tremendous growth in field of herbal medicine as therapeutic agents. Dennettia tripetala, is known to possess ethnomedicinal properties and has been used for centuries in the Ayurvedic system of medicine for the treatments of various diseases. The present review provides detailed description on the distribution, ethno-medicinal use, phyto-constituents, and biological properties of the plant that justifies its use as a potential therapeutic agent in management of different diseases. The phyto chemical composition of Dennettia tripetala include alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids and cardiac glycosides while it biological activities include antioxidant, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antihypertensive, anticonvulsant, antitrypanosomal, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic properties among others. In conclusion, Dennettia tripetala contains various nutritional and phytochemicals compositions that make it valuable for pharmacological purposes.
Dennettia tripetala; Ethno-medicine; Phyto-constituents; Biological properties
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Dauda Muhammed, Yetunde H. Adebiyi, Bernard O. Odey, Rahmatallah A. Alawode, Abdullateef Lawal, Banke Mary Okunlola, Jonathan Ibrahim and Eustace Bonghan Berinyuy. Dennettia tripetala (Pepper Fruit), a review of its ethno-medicinal use, phyto-constituents, and biological properties. GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 6(3), 035-043. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2021.6.3.0024

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