Chemical constituents and biological activities of species of Justicia: a review

AUTOR(ES)

Corrêa, Geone M., Alcântara, Antônio F. de C.

FONTE

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

01/11/2011

RESUMO

The Acanthaceae family is an important source of therapeutic drugs, and the ethnopharmacological knowledge of this family requires urgent documentation as several of its species are near extinction. Justicia is the largest genus of Acanthaceae, with approximately 600 species. The present work provides a review addressing the chemistry and pharmacology of the genus Justicia. In addition, the biological activities of compounds isolated from the genus are also covered. The chemical and pharmacological information in the present work may inspire new biomedical applications for the species of Justicia, considering atom economy, the synthesis of environmentally benign products without producing toxic by-products, the use of renewable sources of raw materials, and the search for processes with maximal efficiency of energy.

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