Article Id:JPRS-PC-00001346 Title:Piper betle L.: A review on its ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacological profile and profiling by new hyphenated technique DART-MS (Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry). Category:Pharmaceutical Chemistry Section:Editorial
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The Piper betle plant is an evergreen and perennial creeper which is used in several traditional medicines to cure various diseases. This plant has been known to possess antioxidant, antifungal, antiulcerogenic, antiplatelet, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, antileishmanial, antiamoebic, anti-inflammatory, antifilarial and antimicrobial activity. A wide range of chemical compounds including chavibetol, allyl pyrocatechol, eugenol, quercetin, caryophyllene, safrole, hydroxychavicol, α-pinene, myrcene, chavicol, Germacrene-D, α- terpineol , ß-pinene, camphene etc have been isolated from this plant. The present review summarizes the information concerning the botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activity and use of hyphenated analytical technique like DART-MS (Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry) and other techniques for characterizing various compounds from P. betle plant.
Piper betle L.: A review on its ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacological profile and profiling by new hyphenated technique DART-MS (Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry).