Pharmacological Activities of Extracts and Isolated Phytochemical Constituents of Pandanus Odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 574 - 580, 23.09.2021

Saravanan Vivekanandarajah Sathasivampillai Vinujan Shanmugalingam Pholtan Rajeev Sebastian

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.948267

Abstract

Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze belongs to the Pandanaceae family. P. odorifer is used in traditional medicines to treat diabetes, jaundice, skin diseases, brain disorders, and urinary tract illnesses. This work aims to present a comprehensive review to analyze, summarize, and document the reported pharmacological activities of this plant species. Compounds such as eugenol, capric acid, germacrene B, camphor, and linalool have been discovered in this plant species. The major electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus) were applied to identify the relevant published studies from 1900 to June 2021. In vitro and in vivo level of scientific evidence of pharmacological activities of various extracts and active compounds of this plant species is available at the moment. Pharmacological investigations show that P. odorifer possesses such as antioxidant, chemoprotective, antidepressant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective activities. This work provides a basis for further pharmacological and phytochemical researches using P. odorifer.

Keywords

Pandanus odorifer, Pandanaceae, Sri Lanka, Siddha Medicine, Pharmacological activities

Project Number

Not applicable

References

• Bown, D. (1995). “Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses”. Dorling Kindersley.
• Gamble, J.S. (1881). “A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon, with Descriptions of Their Wood-structure”. S. Low, Marston & Company Limited.
• Watt, S.G. (1908). The Commercial Products of India: Being an Abridgement of The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. London.
• Low, T. (1991). Wild Food Plants of Australia. Angus & Robertson.
• Ilanchezhian, R. and Joseph, R. (2006). “Hepatoprotective and hepatocurative activity of the traditional medicine ketaki (Pandanus odoratissimus Roxb.)”. Asian Journal of Traditional Medicines, 5, 212–218.
• Jain, S.K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian folk medicine and ethnobotany. Deep publications.
• Khare, C.P. (2011). Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu, B.D. (1935). Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol. II. Allahabad: Lalit Mohan Publication.
• Raina, V.K, Kumar, A, Srivastava, S.K, Syamsundar, K.V. and Kahol, A.P. (2004). “Essential oil composition of ‘kewda’(Pandanus odoratissimus) from India”. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 19, 434–436.
• Sathasivampillai, S.V, Rajamanoharan, P.R.S, Heinrich, M. and Munday, M. (2015). “Preparations and plants used to treat diabetes in Sri Lankan Siddha Medicine”. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional Medicine, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, 67.
• Sathasivampillai, S.V, Rajamanoharan, P.R.S, Munday, M. and Heinrich, M. (2016). “Plants used to treat diabetes in Sri Lankan Siddha Medicine – An ethnopharmacological review of historical and modern sources”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 198, 531–599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.07.053.
• Sathasivampillai, S.V, Rajamanoharan, P.R.S, Munday, M. and Heinrich, M. (2017). “Plants currently used to treat diabetes in Sri Lankan Siddha Medicine – an ethnobotanical survey in the Eastern Province”. Presented at the World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: part three, Springer Nature, Berlin, Germany, 333. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-1784-2.
• Sathasivampillai, S.V, Rajamanoharan, P.R.S, Munday, M. and Heinrich, M. (2018). “Siddha medicine in eastern Sri Lanka today–continuity and change in the treatment of diabetes”. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9, 1022.
• Warrier, P.K, Nambiar, V.P.K. and Ramankutty, C. (1995). Indian Medicinal Plants Vol. 4. Orient BlackSwan.
• Institute of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicine. (2021). Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka. http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=970&s=Scientific_name (Accessed on: 10.06.2021).
• Nadkarni, K.M. (1996). Indian materia medica: with Ayurvedic, Unani-Tibbi, Siddha, Allopathic, Homeopathic, Naturopathic & home remedies, appendices & indexes. Bombay: Popular Prakashan Private Ltd.
• Jong, T.T. and Chau, S.W. (1998). “Antioxidative activities of constituents isolated from Pandanus odoratissimus”. Phytochemistry, 49, 2145–2148.
• Nasim, N, Behera, J.K, Sandeep, I.S, RamaRao, V.V, Kar, B, Mishra, A, Nayak, S. and Mohanty, S. (2018). “Phytochemical analysis of flower from Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze for industrial application”. Natural Product Research, 32, 2494–2497.
• Li, K, Rollins, J. and Yan, E. (2018). “Web of Science use in published research and review papers 1997–2017: A selective, dynamic, cross-domain, content-based analysis”. Scientometrics, 115, 1–20.
• Londonkar, R. and Kamble, A. (2009). “Evaluation of free radical scavenging activity of Pandanus odoratissimus”. International Journal of Pharmacology, 5, 377–380.
• Venkatesh, S, Kusuma, R, Sateesh, V, Madhava, R.B. and Mullangr, R. (2012). “Antidiabetic activity of Pandanus odoratissimus root extract”. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 46, 340–345.
• Kaewklom, S. and Vejaratpimol, R. (2011). “In vitro protective effect of Pandanus odoratissimus extract on ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced DNA damage”. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10, 9165–9169.
• Raju, S, Subbaiah, N.V, Reddy, K.S, Das, A. and Murugan, K.B. (2011). “Potential of Pandanus odoratissimus as a CNS depressant in Swiss albino mice”. Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 47, 629–634.
• Ramesh, L, Abhaykumar, K. and Reddy, V.C. (2010). “Anti-inflammatory activity of Pandanus odoratissimus extract”. International Journal of Pharmacology, 6, 311–314.
• El-Shaibany, A, Molham, A.H, Al-Massarani, S, El-Gamal, A, Al-Ajami, A. and Al-Adhl, A. (2016). “Hepatoprotective effect of Pandanus odoratissimus inflorescence extracts in acetaminophen-treated guinea pigs”. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 15, 259-267.
• Mishra, G, Khosa, R.L, Singh, P. and Jha, K.K. (2015). “Hepatoprotective potential of ethanolic extract of Pandanus odoratissimus root against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats”. Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences, 7, 45.