AN OVERVIEW OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF Baccaurea SPECIES

Herbal plants and plant products have been used for treatment of many diseases from ancient times in
the folklore medicine globally. Plants are used in medicine, providing many drugs and also as the feedstock for
many industrial products including timber and paper as well as a wide range of chemicals. Traditionally,
humans have used crude extracts of different parts of plants as curative agents. One such plant is Baccaurea.
Among the genus Baccaurea, some species are taken for the review because of their phytochemical and
pharmacological properties which includes Baccaurea angulata, Baccaurea sapida, Baccaurea ramiflora,
Bacccaurea racemosa, Baccaurea macrocarpa, Baccaurea courtallensis, Baccaurea motleyana, Baccaurea
parviflora. The species are considered to be good source of vitamins, minerals, fibres as well as have many
pharmacological activities. This review describes the phytochemicals and detailed pharmacological properties of
selected Baccaurea species.