Mangroves are ecologically important plants in marine habitats that occupy the coastlines of
many countries. In addition to their key ecological importance, various parts of mangroves …

Background: Plant derived bioactive compounds are gaining attention worldwide owing to
their benign nature and various therapeutic uses. Being highly productive and diverse …

Background Biomedical research, recently, focus more on searching for biomasses that
contain extractable biologically active components for formulating new drugs. Halophytes …

Mangrove forests are salt tolerant plants confined to the coastal areas and occupy only 5%
of the total forest areas of the world. These are the most hostile environment with fluctuating …

Two new aromatic butyrolactones, flavipesins A (1) and B (2), two new natural products (3
and 4), and a known phenyl dioxolanone (5) were isolated from marine-derived endophytic …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The Acanthus genus belongs to the Acanthaceae
family, and its species are distributed in all continents, mainly in tropical and subtropical …

Acanthus ilicifolius (Acanthaceae) has received considerable attention due to its wide range
of secondary metabolites and its traditional usage in Indian and Chinese system of …

The medicinal value of mangrove plants is not extensively read. This review article attempts
to emphasize the medicinal value of a mangrove plant, Acanthus ilicifolius …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the antibacterial activity of foliar extracts of Rhizophora mucronata
(R. mucronata) against pathogens belonging to human origin and to identify the compound …

Ecosystems continue to experience degradation worldwide, with diminishing ecosystem
services presenting unfavourable outlooks for all aspects of human wellbeing including …