Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective

Erythrina is a genus comprising several plant species that are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. This genus is a source of many phytoconstituents, with alkaloids and flavonoids as the main bioactive components. Erythrina alkaloids are characterized by a unique nucleus. One hundred nin...

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Main Authors: Ahmed M. Salem, Nada M. Mostafa, Eman Al-Sayed, Abdel-Nasser B. Singab
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Published: Ain Shams University 2023-06-01
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description Erythrina is a genus comprising several plant species that are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. This genus is a source of many phytoconstituents, with alkaloids and flavonoids as the main bioactive components. Erythrina alkaloids are characterized by a unique nucleus. One hundred ninety-eight alkaloids were isolated from Erythrina plants till early 2023. Recently, an increase in the number of isolated dimeric alkaloids has been witnessed. Erythrina plants have been used in the management of different conditions as oxidative stress and diseases like cancer, inflammation, viral diseases, malaria, and diabetes, with the alkaloids showing a good potential against certain neurological disorders like anxiety, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease. All data on Erythrina alkaloids were collected from Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, SciFinder. For compounds isolated from multiple Erythrina species, the plant source was traced only from 2008 till 2023. The reported anxiolytic, anti-convulsant, anti-Alzheimer’s activities of Erythrina plant metabolites were traced from 2002 till 2023.
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spelling doaj-art-b512a7a9aa2a4f52b8e7b96134c9fc8f2025-08-20T02:40:23ZengAin Shams UniversityArchives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University2356-83802356-83992023-06-017117119910.21608/aps.2023.207482.1119Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological PerspectiveAhmed M. Salem0Nada M. Mostafa 1Eman Al-Sayed2Abdel-Nasser B. Singab3Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt.Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt.Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt. aDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt. b Center for Drug Discovery Research and Development, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt.Erythrina is a genus comprising several plant species that are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. This genus is a source of many phytoconstituents, with alkaloids and flavonoids as the main bioactive components. Erythrina alkaloids are characterized by a unique nucleus. One hundred ninety-eight alkaloids were isolated from Erythrina plants till early 2023. Recently, an increase in the number of isolated dimeric alkaloids has been witnessed. Erythrina plants have been used in the management of different conditions as oxidative stress and diseases like cancer, inflammation, viral diseases, malaria, and diabetes, with the alkaloids showing a good potential against certain neurological disorders like anxiety, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease. All data on Erythrina alkaloids were collected from Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, SciFinder. For compounds isolated from multiple Erythrina species, the plant source was traced only from 2008 till 2023. The reported anxiolytic, anti-convulsant, anti-Alzheimer’s activities of Erythrina plant metabolites were traced from 2002 till 2023.https://aps.journals.ekb.eg/article_308016.htmlerythrinaalkaloiddimericalzheimer’sanxiolyticanticonvulsant.
spellingShingle Ahmed M. Salem
Nada M. Mostafa
Eman Al-Sayed
Abdel-Nasser B. Singab
Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
Archives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University
erythrina
alkaloid
dimeric
alzheimer’s
anxiolytic
anticonvulsant.
title Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
title_full Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
title_fullStr Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
title_short Erythrina Alkaloids: An Updated Review with Neurological Perspective
title_sort erythrina alkaloids an updated review with neurological perspective
topic erythrina
alkaloid
dimeric
alzheimer’s
anxiolytic
anticonvulsant.
url https://aps.journals.ekb.eg/article_308016.html
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