GENUS Pothos: A REVIEW OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Pothos is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the family Araceae. It plays a vital role in developing countries as folk medicine. Numerous compounds have been reported from Pothos, out of which some compounds have shown prominent bioactivities. The biological studies of this genus reported various activities including antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant, antipyretic, anti-diabetes, bronchodilator, burn wound healing, anticariogenic, thrombolytic etc. This review summarizes research carried out on chemical constituents with biological activities of Pothos genus to date.

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