微生物および生化学技術ジャーナル

概要

Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb) Bunge: A Review of Phytochemistry and Pharmacology

Ahmed AM Abdelgawad

Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge is known as Nile Tamarisk belonging to the Tamaricaceae family. This plant has diverse and potential medicinal uses in traditional herbal medicine for treating relieve headache, draw out inflammation, and as an antiseptic agent in Egypt. Tamarix nilotica have been occurs in Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Phytochemical investigation revealed that the major chemical constituents of Tamarix nilotica are flavonoids, tannins and phenolics. The hydro-alcoholic extracts of the leaves of T. nilotica exhibited significant antioxidant, anti-tumor, hepatoprotective and antiviral activities.