The coastal medicinal plant Vitex rotundifolia: a mini-review on its bioactive compounds and pharmacological activity

作     者：Nurul Husna Azizul Wan Amir Nizam Wan Ahmad Nurul Laili Rosli Muhammad Aniq Hamzah Mohd Azmi Choo En Liang Noor Wini Mazlan Suvik Assaw Nurul Husna Azizul;Wan Amir Nizam Wan Ahmad;Nurul Laili Rosli;Muhammad Aniq Hamzah Mohd Azmi;Choo En Liang;Noor Wini Mazlan;Suvik Assaw

作者机构：Biomedicine ProgramSchool of Health SciencesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaKubang Kerian 16150KelantanMalaysia Faculty of Science and Marine EnvironmentUniversiti Malaysia TerengganuKuala Nerus 21030TerengganuMalaysia 

出 版 物：《Traditional Medicine Research》 (TMR传统医学研究)

年 卷 期：2021年第6卷第2期

页      面：1-10页

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070303[理学-有机化学] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：Author would like to thank School of Health Sciences,Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu for providing the facilities to support this project This project is fully supported by Fundamental Research Grant Scheme Vot No.59479 from Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia 

主　　题：Vitex rotundifolia Fructus viticis Marine plants Anti-inflammation Anti-nociception Antioxidant 

摘      要：Humans have long used natural remedies like plants and herbs to treat ***,research has been ongoing to find alternative pharmaceutical drugs based on traditionally used plants,as natural products show fewer side effects compared to synthetic *** plants have long been targeted in drug development due to their bioactive compounds like alkaloids,flavonoids,and *** is not only the case for terrestrial plants,but marine environments also provide a larger diversity of flora and fauna with medicinal bioactive *** rotundifolia,also known as Beach Vitex,is a coastal plant that has been traditionally used to treat a variety of diseases including premenstrual syndrome,headaches,migraines,colds,and eye *** have been many review papers on ***,emphasizing its taxonomy,distribution,and biological *** current mini-review not only summarizes the pharmacology and bioactivity of ***,but it also provides new information on the main bioactive compounds of *** such as flavonoids,phenolic acid,and terpenes and their current pharmacological activity in vitro and in vivo *** information can be useful for developing new pharmaceutical and nutraceutical agents to treat and manage disease.