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Advances in Zoology and Botany Vol. 11(6), pp. 409 - 415
DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110601
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Parasitic Plants of Odisha, India: A Source of Curative Agents Against Novel Viral & Microbial Diseases
Aroma Lyngdoh 1, Dalari Lyngdoh 1, Dipshikha Rakhunde 2, Ruby Bhullar Garcha 3, K Prabhavathi 4, Sweta Mishra 5,*, Sakti Kanta Rath 5, Sanjeet Kumar 6
1 Department of Botany, Shillong College, Shillong, India
2 Department of Dravyaguna, Shree Ayurved Mahavidyalay, Hanuman Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
3 HMV College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
4 Redfields School, Kavali, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
5 Department of Life Sciences, Rama Devi Women's University, Odisha, India
6 Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha, India
ABSTRACT
Secondary metabolites act as an agent of defense against herbivores, pathogens, and abiotic stress in plants. They play as communicating agents to other living organisms for the symbiotic establishment and this led to the insinuation of their importance as the pharmacological potential to human beings. In the floral wealth, the parasitic plants are an unexplored source of secondary metabolites which have the strongest potential to synthesize as they developed excellent defense mechanisms due to the evolutionary transition from autotropism to heterotropism. They are traditionally used against viral & bacterial infections by indigenous communities. Major reported secondary metabolites like eriodictyl, naringenin (Balanophora involucrate Hook. f. & Thomson), and quercetin present in Cuscuta chinensis Roxb; Scurrula parasitica L. and Viscum orientale Willd have the potential to inhibit the growth of pathogens and might be the agent to improve the immune system in human beings. Keeping the importance on its potential, lack of scientific documentation and development of new pathogens like COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Ebola virus, Zika, Dengu, H1N1 influenza, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MDR-TB, M/XRR-TB, etc. in last decade, an attempt has been made to gather information on parasitic plants of Odisha, India traditional therapeutic values against viral & bacterial infections due to the presence of diverse secondary metabolites on them. They could be a good source of novel formulations against contemporary & future viral-bacterial infections like COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, H1N1 Influenza, and M/XRR-TB.
KEYWORDS
Parasitic Plants, Bioactive Compounds, Future Drugs, Hostplants, Odisha
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Aroma Lyngdoh , Dalari Lyngdoh , Dipshikha Rakhunde , Ruby Bhullar Garcha , K Prabhavathi , Sweta Mishra , Sakti Kanta Rath , Sanjeet Kumar , "Parasitic Plants of Odisha, India: A Source of Curative Agents Against Novel Viral & Microbial Diseases," Advances in Zoology and Botany, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 409 - 415, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110601.
(b). APA Format:
Aroma Lyngdoh , Dalari Lyngdoh , Dipshikha Rakhunde , Ruby Bhullar Garcha , K Prabhavathi , Sweta Mishra , Sakti Kanta Rath , Sanjeet Kumar (2023). Parasitic Plants of Odisha, India: A Source of Curative Agents Against Novel Viral & Microbial Diseases. Advances in Zoology and Botany, 11(6), 409 - 415. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110601.