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Phytopharmacological Potential of Different Species of Morus Alba and Their Bioactive Phytochemicals: a Review 950 Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2017; 7(10): 950–956 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/apjtb Review article http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.09.015 Phytopharmacological potential of different species of Morus alba and their bioactive phytochemicals: A review Fahad Hussain1, Zohaib Rana1, Hassan Shafique1, Arif Malik1, Zahid Hussain2* 1Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Raiwind Road, 55150, Lahore, Pakistan 2Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Bandar Puncak Alam, 42300, Selangor, Malaysia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Medicinal plants of Moraceae family have been well-recognized traditionally due to their Received 16 Aug 2017 versatile applications in various fields including agriculture, cosmetic and food as well as in Received in revised form 26 Aug pharmaceutical industries. Their biomedical and medicinal importance is reflected from 2017 their broad range of pharmacological activities for treatment of various inflammatory Accepted 8 Sep 2017 conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and gastrointestinal disorders. The present review Available online 20 Sep 2017 was aimed to summarize and critically discuss the biomedical implications of Morus species, their bioactive compounds, and phytochemicals. Bioactivity guided fractionation of these medicinal plants revealed that different types of bioactive phytochemicals and Keywords: secondary metabolites such as steroids, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides and phenolic Moraceae compounds including terpenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins and tannins were present. The Phytochemicals critical analysis of the literature revealed that the aqueous, methanolic, and ethanolic ex- Pharmacological activities tracts of Morus species and their bioactive compounds exhibit remarkable anti-oxidative, Anti-inflammatory anti-diabetic, anti-stress, nephroprotective, antimicrobial, anti-mutagenic, anticancer, Immunomodulatory anxiolytic, hepatoprotective, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, immune-modulatory and Anticancer cholesterol lowering effects. Based on the literature review and bioactivity guided inves- tigation of Morus species and their phytomedicinal effects, we anticipate that these herbal products hold excellent potential for future research. 1. Introduction reported so far, former nine are present in Asia and the last five are newly discovered (Table 1) [1]. Most of these countries grow Morus alba (M. alba) belongs to the family of Moracea mulberry plants (Morus species) for different purposes like which is a family of flowering plants. The most acceptable production of silk worm (Bombys mori L.) or enhancing the species of Morus are 10–14. These grow very fast when young, foliage production in India and China [2]. In other countries but become slow afterward. In many species, the plant grows like Europe, mulberry plants are grown for the production of white but then changes to pale yellow with pink edges and then mulberry fruits [3]. It is also used as silkworms and as becomes red after ripening. Their color further turn dark purple sericulture-related materials. Turkey is the major source of to black when fully ripened. They are distributed into the sub- mulberry fruits such as mulberry pekmex, mulberry Kestil and tropic regions of Asia such as Japan, India, China and Korea. mulberry Kome. In Turkey, this fruit is also used in They are also present in other region of world like North manufacturing of medicine, juice, natural dyes and for America, an Africa. Out of a total of 14 species that have been manufacturing cosmetic products on industrial scale [4]. Multi growing of mulberry plant by the process of grafting, cutting and tissue culturing is called ‘Micro propagation’ [5]. *Corresponding author: Zahid Hussain, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Mulberry plants are not only used as nutrition or flavors, but Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Bandar Puncak Alam are also used traditionally due to their broad range biomedical 42300, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +60 102483089 activities such as laxatives, odentalic emetic, and toxin- E-mail: [email protected] (Z. Hussain). adsorbents. Due to the presence of several essential Peer review under responsibility of Hainan Medical University. The journal unsaturated fatty acids such as linnolenic acid, linoleic acid, implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board members. and oleic acid, mulberry fruits are commonly used as essential 2221-1691/Copyright © 2017 Hainan Medical University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Fahad Hussain et al./Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2017; 7(10): 950–956 951 Table 1 acid, a-tocopherol or vitamin E (approx. 72%). On the other Taxonomic classification of Morus L. (Mulberry) and its species. hand, the presence of anthocyanin which is a hydrophilic pigment is directly proportional to its antioxidant activity [11]. Kingdom Plantae-Plant Subkingdom Tracheobionta-Vascular plant 2. Habitats Superdivision Spermatophyta Division Magnoliophyta-Flowering plant Class Magnoliopsida-Dicotyledons Mulberry tree is Morus specie which belongs to Moracea family. Subclass Hamamelididae The trees grow in Europe, West China, Korea and Japan with very Order Urticales large scale. Their leaves are very commonly utilized as feed of Family Moraceae-Mulberry family silkworms. Morus has more than 14 species including M. alba L. Genus Morus L. (mulberry) Species 1. Morus alba (white mulberry), Morus nigra (M. nigra)(blackmulberry),Morus 2. Morus australis rubra (red mulberry). Intercrossed forms exist among M. alba, 3. Morus cathayana Morus rubra, Morus australis (Korean Mulberry) and Morus lae- 4. Morus macroura vigata (Himalayan Mulberry). M. alba L. and M. nigra L. are white 5. Morus mongolica and black mulberries. There are a number of compounds which are 6. Morus nigra 7. Morus notabilis extracted from both of these plant species. Five compounds that 8. Morus serrate derived from the methanol extract have been discovered throughout 9. Morus celtidifolia HPLC/PDA. And four compounds including Quercetin 3-O-ruti- 10. Morus insignis noside, Kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside and 5-o-caffeoylquinic acid, 11. Morus microphylla 12. Morus rubra Quercetin 3-O-glucoside have been detached by Sephadex LH-20 13. Morus mesozygia column chromatography. Furthermore, red pigments of M. nigra 14. Morus indica fruits show the existence of four anthocyanins accepted as a cya- nidin 3-O-glucoside, cyanidin 3-O-rutinoside, pelargonidin 3-O- glucoside and pelargonidin 3-O-rutinoside [23,24]. foods. These unsaturated fatty acid play vital roles in the Morus synthesis of cell membrane, normal functioning of brain, 3. Commonly used species and their secretion and production of hormones, regulation of immune biomedical uses functions and inflammatory responses, and modulation of blood pressure [6]. The mulberry root bark has also been 3.1. Morus mesozygia (M. mesozygia) traditionally used as antitussive and anti-asthmatic in China [7]. The medicinal efficacy of mulberry fruits has also been M. mesozygia, one of the Morus species, is also known as black established due to the presence of a large amount of mulberry. Leaves and fruits of this species are used as food for antioxidants that have shown strong anti-inflammatory, anti- Guereza and monkey in Africa. Around the globe, a huge number diabetic, anti-stress, and antiviral activities [8]. The leave of of population use naturally sourced medicines for the treatment of Morus plants can also be used as hypoglycemic, hypotensive, their different types of diseases. M. mesozygia is also traditionally diuretic, and anti-mutagenic tonics. Bioactivity guided used for treatment of many ailments such as arthritis, gastroin- fractionation of Morus fruits revealed that they contain large testinal disorders, disability, and wound healing. Their pharma- number of medicinally active compounds including cological significance is due to the presence of significant anthocyanins, flavonoid, and polyphenols [9]. These bioactive concentration of antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds. There compounds, their sources, and biological activities are are several bioactive compounds extracted from stem bark of M. presented in Table 2. These plant species are also adopted for mesozygia which include Moracin Q, Moracin T, Artocarpesin, their protective mechanisms against cellular injuries caused by cycloartocarpesin, Moracin R, Moracin S, Moracin U, Moracin C, UV irradiations [10]. Leave of mulberry plants inhibit and Moracin These compounds exhibit great antimicrobial po- peroxidation due to the presence of a high amount of linoleic tential against various species of microbes [25]. Table 2 Phytochemical constituents of different species of Morus L. (Mulberry) and their pharmacological activities. Phytochemical constituents Different species of Morus L. (Mulberry) Biological activity Refs 1234567891011121314 Steroids + + −−−+ −−− − − − + − 1. Antidiabetic [12,13] 2. Immunomodulatory Glycosides −−+++− + −−−−−−−1. Antioxidant [8,14] 2. Hypocholesterolemic Terpenoids − ++++−−−− − − − + + 1. Anthelmintic [15,16] 2. Anxiolytic Saponins ++++−−−−− − − + −−1. Antimicrobial [17,18] 2. Hepatoprotective Alkaloids + + − +++−−− + 1. Anti-dopaminergic [19] Flavonoids + + −−+++−−−−−−+
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