Volume : 6, Issue : 6, JUN 2020

MANGROVES AS HOLISTIC SOURCE OF DHANWANTARI SALUTES THE NATURE

ARUNAVA CHANDRA CHANDRA, ARNAB MAJUMDER, SUPRADIP MANDAL, SUSMITA BASAK, ARPITA BISWAS, DR. DHRUBO JYOTI SEN

Abstract

India has a rich heritage of knowledge on plant-based drugs both for use in preventive and curative medicine. A country like India is very much suited for development of drugs from medicinal plants. A large number of these plants grow wild and exploited especially for use in indigenous pharmaceutical houses. This presentation will review the utilization of mangroves in Southeast Asia (especially Thailand and the Philippines), the importance of the mangrove forests to maintaining the biodiversity of intertidal zones of sheltered coastlines such as is found in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand, the species diversity of the mangrove forests, and the chemical constituents (salts, organic acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, benzoquinone, naphthofurans, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes, alkaloids, flavonoids, polymers, sulfur derivatives, and tannins) that have been isolated from mangrove plants and their potential application to medicine and agriculture. Past and ongoing collaborative work on constituents of Thai and Philippine Mangrove plants including Acanthus illicifolius, Aegiceras corniculatum, Derris trifoliata, Excoecaria agallocha and Heritiera littoralis will be highlighted. Some of these plants produce valuable drugs which have high export potential. The use of plants and plant products as medicines could be traced as far back as the beginning of human civilization. Mangrove plants have been used in folklore medicines and extracts from mangrove species have proven inhibitory activity against human, animal and plant pathogens. The present review deals with the pharmacological activity of mangrove medicinal plants. Several species of mangrove produce bioactive compounds that may control microbial growth. Medicinal-plant extracts, known to produce certain bioactive molecules which react with other organisms in the environment, are known to be less toxic to humans and are environmentally friendly due to the less pollutant released during production Also, preliminary studies have demonstrated that the mangrove plant extracts have antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacterial strains. Mangrove extracts can also be the possible sources of mosquito larvicides, antifungal, antiviral, anti-cancer and anti-diabetic compounds.

Keywords

MANGROVES, MEDICINAL PLANTS, PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS, DRUG RESISTANCE.

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