Radical Scavenging, Proteases Activities, and Phenolics Composition of Bark Extracts from 21 Medicinal Plants

Table 2

Medicinal uses of stem bark of the selected medicinal plants.

Family	Plant name	Uses	References
Fabaceae	Acacia  nilotica L.	Gargle, diarrhea, antibacterial, antidiabetic, and antioxidant	[51–54]
	Acacia  modesta Wall	—	—
	Acacia  catechu L.	Melancholia, conjunctivitis, haemoptysis, skin diseases, asthma sore mouth, chest pain, antioxidant, colicky pain, gravel, bronchitis, and liver diseases	[54, 55]
	Albizia  lebbeck L.	Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, leprosy, brinchis, paralysis, and helminthiasis	[54, 56]
	Cassia  fistula L	Astringent, purgative, anthelmintic, diuretic, laxative, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, cathartic, and antioxidant	[57]
	Erythrina  suberosa Roxb	—	—
Moraceae	Ficus  bengalensis L.	Hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidaemia, antidiabetic, antidiarrhoeal, dysentery, diabetes and skin diseases, antioxidant and piles	[54, 58]
	Ficus  religiosa L.	Inflammations, antimicrobial, swelling of neck, gonorrhea, scabies, strengthening gums, antimicrobial, astringent, sweet, cooling, aphrodisiac, antiseptic antioxidant, expectorant, and antiphlogistic	[54, 58]
	Ficus  racemosa Roxb	Antioxidant, antimicrobial, wound healingdiabetic, and anthelmintic	[54, 58]
	Ficus  infectoria Roxb	—	—
Myrtaceae	Eugenia  jambolana L.	Acrid, sweet, digestive, astringent, anthelmintic, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, thirst, biliousness, dysentery, ulcers, and antioxidant	[45]
	Psidium  guajava L.	Astringent, febrifuge, antiseptic, antimicrobial, diarrhoea, stomach ache and diabetes, and antioxidant	[59]
	Eucalyptus  rostrata Schlecht	Antimicrobial and gastroprotective dysentery, microbial infections, diarrhoea, helminthiasis, haemorrhage, respiratory pathologies, respiratory disease, astringent, anthelmintic, aphrodisiacs, laxative, diuretic, stomachic, cardio tonic, and antioxidant	[57, 58, 60]
Lauraceae	Cinnamomum  zeylanicum Blume	Flavoring agent, cardiac stimulant, tonic for stomach, intestine, antispasmodic, antidysenteric, aphrodisiacs semenogogues, and antioxidant	[61]
Magnoliaceae	Michelia  champaca L.	Hypoglycemic, stimulant, diuretic, febrifuge, purgative, immounogogue, and stimulant	[58]
Pinaceae	Pinus  roxburghii Sarg	—	—
Rhamnaceae	Zizyphus  jujube L.	Antifertility, analgesic, antidiabetes, intestinal spasms, venereal diseases, and antioxidant	[58]
Anacardiaceae	Mangifera  indica L.	Antihelminthic, antiallergic, acrid, refrigerant, styptic, antisyphilitic and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant	[58, 59]
Sapotaceae	Mimusops  elengi L.	Acrid, astringent, cooling, anthelmintic, gargle, odontopathy, ulemorrhagia, diarrhea, and dysentery	[58]
Annonaceae	Polyalthia  longifolia Sonn	Febrifuge, skin diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and bleeding piles	[58]

—: no reported activity.