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Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies of Phyla Nodiflora (Verbenaceae): a Review Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan Review Article Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of Phyla Nodiflora (Verbenaceae): a review 1 1 1, 1 Mehreen Jabeen* , Umair Jillani , Bashir Ahmad Chaudhary Muhammad Uzair 1Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, 60000 Pakistan. ABSTRACT Received: Mar 9, 2015 Phyla nodiflora (Verbenaceae) has been used in folk medicine for various ailments such as asthma, bronchitis, knee joint pain, gonorrhea, and irritation of internal hemorrhoids, cardiopathy, hepatitis and Revised: Dec 26, 2015 fever. It is known to have various biological activities such as antimicrobial, antitumor, anti- Accepted: Jan 12, 2016, inflammatory, antidiabetic, antimelanogenesis, hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects. Phyla nodiflora is a common ingredient of herbal tea used for the treatment of inflammation, menstrual disorders, and Online: Jan 27,2016 infectious disease. In the present study the plant has been completely reviewed for detection and isolation of secondary metabolites and biological activities which will facilitate the scientists to plan for future studies. Keywords: Phyla nodiflora, antibacterial activity, phytochemicals, anti-inflammatory activity INTRODUCTION: grayish green. Leaves are arising in pairs from the stem. Young stem is green to purple in color and Phyla nodiflora is a member of family becomes grey and woody when mature. Thickness Verbenaceae. The family includes 75 genera and of young stem is 2-3 mm. Flowers are white, about 2500 species and the genus Phyla include rarely pinkish to purple in color, 3 mm long. 10 species. The specie under study is very Mature flowers are tubular at the base, ending in commonly found in wet places almost throughout two lipped calyx. The lower lip has two lobes and Pakistan plains, often in gregarious patches. Phyla upper lip has three lobes. Seeds not easily visible nodiflora is mainly distributed in North and to naked eye. Fruits; ovate, 16 mm long and Central America, in warmer parts of Asia and release two brown color mature seeds on maturity Africa, throughout India, Srilanka, Baluchistan (Ali et al., 1974; Ranghunatha, 2003). and it is native of Calofornia. Aerial parts of this plant are used in the treatment of indigestion in Preliminary phytochemical analysis children; its decoction is considered as cooling agent and used as demulcent in cases of venereal Phyla nodiflora contains variety of phytochemical diseases (Ali et al., 1974). Synonyms of Phyla constituents such as alkaloids, glycosides, nodiflora are Lippia nodiflora, Lippia incisa and flavonoids tannins, phenolic compounds, steroids, Phyla incisa. Phyla nodiflora is known by the terpenoids, carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, local people as Jal papli, Lippia, Frog fruit and gums and mucilage. Flavonoids are present as Bukkhan. Phyla nodiflora is fast growing major component. perennial prostate herb. Leaves; obovate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, and rarely subacute. Their Phytochemistry surface is covered with fine hairs and color is Halleridone (1) and Halleron (2) were isolated from dichloromethane and methanol extract of *Corresponding Author: Mehreen Jabeen, leaves of Phyla nodiflora as taxonomic markers Address: Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya (Ravikanth et al., 2000). Eupafolin (3), a skin University Multan, Pakistan. whitening agent isolated from methanol extract of e-mail:. [email protected] dried aerial part of Phyla nodiflora, down regulates melanogenesis (Yen et al., 2012). http://pjpr.net 49 50 Flavanoids, such as hispidulin (4), eupafolin (3), folk cosmetics (Abbasi et al., 2010). Traditionally nodifloretin (5) has been reported from methanol Phyla nodiflora is used as diuretic astringent to extract of whole plant of Phyla nodiflora. (Ko et bowels, maturant, stomachic, and useful in fever al., 2013; Barua et al., 1971). Ethanol extract of and cold, lack of bowel movements, bronchitis whole plant of Phyla nodiflora has been reported and hypertension by the local and tribal peoples of to contain lippiflorin, nodifloridin, jaceosidin (6), South India. Antimalarial activity was reported nepetin (7) and batatifolin (8) (Joshi 1970; Nair et and the herb also poses cooling and diuretic al., 1973) whereas 6-hydroxyluteolin (9) and activities and useful in the treatment of knee joint luteolin-7-O-glucoside (10) were found to be pain. Leaves of Phyla nodiflora have antioxidant, present in the flowers of Phyla nodiflora antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic (Barnabas, et al., 1980). Mono and disulphates of activities. Pain in knee joints and lithiasis nepetin, hispidulin, jacoesidin, 6-Hydroxyleutolin (Durairaj et al., 2008). Phyla nodiflora is the and nodifloretin were also isolated from the aerial simple siddha remedy for hizhuvettu (alopecia parts of Phyla nodiflora (Tomas et al., 1987). area) (Panniachary et al., 1989). Ecteoside (11) has been isolated from ethanol extract of whole plant of Phyla nodiflora (Khalil PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES et al., 1995). Methyl salicylate (12), eugenol (13), α-copaene (14), β-bisabolene (15), γ-sitosterol Antimelanogenisis activity (16) and stigmasterol (17) have been identified from methanol extract of whole plant of Phyla Eupafolin isolated from methanol extract of dried nodiflora. (Ko et al., 2013). Steam distillation of aerial parts of Phyla nodiflora is responsible for Phyla nodiflora extracts showed the presence of inhibiting tyrosine activity to down regulate volatile constituents including mixtures of melanogenesis in a dose dependent manner (0.1- hydrocarbons and oxygenates. The major 10µM) (Ko et al., 2013 and Yen et al., 2012). components are β carbolene (18), methyl Hyperpigmentation is caused by overproduction salicylate (12), linalool (19) and Cymen-8-ol (20) of tyrosinases enzymes including TYR, TRP-1 (Elakovich and Stevens 1985). and TRP-2 which leads to melasma (Hearing and Tsukamoto 1991). Ethnomedicinal/ traditional uses Cytotoxic activity Phyla nodiflora plant is appetizing, stomachic, constipating, anthemintic, vulnerary, aphrodisiac, Halleridone and Halleron isolated from opthelmic, diuretic, alexeteric and febrifuge. It is dichloromethane and methanol extracts of the useful in vitiated conditions of Pitta, burning leaves of Phyla nodiflora are known to have sensation, anorexia, flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, anticancer, antitumor and cytotoxic activities helminthiasis, diarrhea, ulcer, strangury, asthma, (Ravikanth et al., 2000). The methanol extract of bronchitis, knee joint pain, gonorrhea, irritation of whole plant of Phyla nodiflora was evaluated for internal hemorrhoids, cardiopathy, hepatitis and antitumor effect using Erich’s ascites carcinoma fever (Raghunatha, 2003). In Taiwan Phyla (EAC) in Swiss albino mice at 200 and 400 mg/ nodiflora is used as an herbal drink, a nourishing kg of body weight. The extract was found to agent, immunomodulator and anti-inflammatory decrease tumor cell volume, cell count and packed agent to prevent many diseases (Yang, et al., cell volume. The hematological parameters did 1998). Ethno pharmacological applications of not significantly altered at these specified doses Phyla nodiflora have been mentioned for curing but the levels of catalase, reduced glutathione and many skin diseases. Phyla nodiflora is used for superoxide dismutase were increased and lipid curing pimples, carbuncle and skin diseases in peroxidation reduced which indicated that the http://pjpr.net 51 anti-tumor activity of methanol extract of whole of antioxidant components (Durairaj et al., 2009). plant of Phyla nodiflora was due to the presence R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 1 2 3 OH OCH3 OH H H 4 OH OCH3 OH OH H 5 OH OH OH OCH3 H 6 OH OCH3 OH OCH3 OH 7 OH OCH3 OH OH OH 8 OH OH OH OCH3 OH 9 OH OH OH OH OH 10 OGlu H OH OH OH 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Structures of compounds isolated from Phyla nodiflora Diuretic activity Diuretic potential of methanol and aqueous to measure the parameters like increase in urine extracts of dried aerial parts of Phyla nodiflora volume and electrolyte excretion. Both extracts was determined using in-vivo Lipschitz test model have significant diuretic activity at 500mg/kg in albino rats. Furosemide was used as a standard body weight (Shukla et al., 2009). http://pjpr.net Antibacterial activity Table 2: Antibacterial activity of hexane, chloroform and alcohol extracts of leaf of Phyla nodiflora The ethanol extract of whole plant of Phyla Name of bacteria Zone of inhibition (mm) nodiflora and its sub fractions (n-hexane, Hexane Chloroform Alcohol extract chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and aqueous) extract extract were subjected to antibacterial assay against seven Bacillus subtilis 9 13 9 bacterial strains i.e. Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus 9 9 9 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella Paratyphi A 9 11 8 Staphylococcus aureus 7 10 9 Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Shigella flexneri 9 11 9 Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis. Ethyl acetate and chloroform fractions at concentration of 20 mg/ml showed excellent Antifungal activity activity against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. Ethyl The ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol and water acetate fraction showed maximum zone of extracts of whole plant of Phyla nodiflora had inhibition (16mm) for Salmonella typhi and been screened for antifungal activity against chloroform fraction showed maximum zone of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, inhibition (18mm) for Staphylococcus aureus. Paecilomyces
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