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. 2021:114:135-251.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59444-2_2.

Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants in Myanmar

Nwet Nwet Win  1 , Hiroyuki Morita  2
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Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants in Myanmar

Nwet Nwet Win et al. Prog Chem Org Nat Prod. 2021.

Abstract

Myanmar is a country with rich natural resources and of these, medicinal plants play a vital role in the primary health care of its population. The people of Myanmar have used their own system of traditional medicine inclusive of the use of medicinal plants for 2000 years. However, systematic and scientific studies have only recently begun to be reported. Researchers from Japan, Germany, and Korea have collaborated with researchers in Myanmar on medicinal plants since 2000. During the past two decades, over 50 publications have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Altogether, 433 phytoconstituents, including 147 new and 286 known compounds from 26 plant species consisting of 29 samples native to Myanmar, have been collated. In this contribution, phytochemical and biological investigations of these plants, including information on traditional knowledge are compiled and discussed.

Keywords: Myanmar; Phytoconstituents; Traditional medicine; Unprecedented compounds.

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