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Review
. 2017:2017:6949835.
doi: 10.1155/2017/6949835. Epub 2017 Dec 31.

A Review on Ethnopharmacological Applications, Pharmacological Activities, and Bioactive Compounds of Mangifera indica (Mango)

Meran Keshawa Ediriweera  1 , Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon  1 , Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon  1
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Review

A Review on Ethnopharmacological Applications, Pharmacological Activities, and Bioactive Compounds of Mangifera indica (Mango)

Meran Keshawa Ediriweera et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017.

Abstract

Mangifera indica (family Anacardiaceae), commonly known as mango, is a pharmacologically, ethnomedically, and phytochemically diverse plant. Various parts of M. indica tree have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of different ailments, and a number of bioactive phytochemical constituents of M. indica have been reported, namely, polyphenols, terpenes, sterols, carotenoids, vitamins, and amino acids, and so forth. Several studies have proven the pharmacological potential of different parts of mango trees such as leaves, bark, fruit peel and flesh, roots, and flowers as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory, antiplasmodial, and antihyperlipemic. In the present review, a comprehensive study on ethnopharmacological applications, pharmacological activities, and bioactive compounds of M. indica has been described.

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Figure 1
M. indica fruits ((a) and (b)) and leaves (c).
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(a and b) Structures of some common compounds present in M. indica.
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