From: Medicinal pteridophytes: ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and clinical attributes
Family | Species | Biologically active chemicals | References |
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Equisetaceae | i. Equisetum arvense | Equisetolic acid, kaempferol, peteosinsn, quercetin-glucoside | Dos Santos Jr. et al. [56], Singh et al. [154] |
Gleicheniaceae | i. D. prelata ii. Dicranopteris dichotoma, iii. G. blotiana, iv. G. hirta, v. Gleichenia quadriparitta, | Ecdysteroids | Cao et al. [23] |
Helminthostachyaceae | i. Helminthostachys zeylanica | Prenylated flavonoids, thermalic acids, ugonins | Cao et al. [23] |
Huperziaceae | i. Huperzia serrata ii. Lycopodium serratum iii. Phlegariurus spp. | Huperzine, lycobeline alkaloids, lycoclavanol, lycopodine, serratine, serratine-diols | Jiang et al.[77] Ma et al. [103] Yang et al. [186] Ying et al.[188] |
Lygodiaceae | i. L. japonicum ii. Lygodium venustum | Acacetin, phenyl propanoids, glucosides, rutinoside | Cao et al. [23] Morais-Braga et al. [116] |
Ophioglossaceae | i. Botrychium ternatum ii. Ophioglossum. petiolotum, iii. O. thermale, iv.O. pedunculosum, | Glucopyranosides, kaempferol, ophioglonin, quercetin glycosides | Cao et al. [23] |
Polypodiaceae | i. Polypodium hastata ii. P. triloba iii. P. leucotomos | Caffeic acid, coumaric acid, gallic acid, glucopyranoside | Cao et al. [23] |
Pteridaceae | i. P. aquilinum ii. P. esculentum iii. P. Multifida, iv. P. Semipinnata v. Pityrogramma calomelanos vi. Pteridium spp. vii. Pteris semipinnata | Apigenin, caffeic acid, kaurene, kauroic acid, luteolin, multifedoside ptaquiloside, pterosine, rutin | Bai et al. [5] Reinaldo et al. [141] Wang et al. [178] |
Selaginellaceae | i . Selaginella longistrobilina ii. S. bryopteris, iii. S. delicatula, iv. S. involvens, v. S. tamariscina, vi. S. wangpeishanii vii. S. amassae, | Biflavonoids-amentoflavone, hinokiflavone, involvenflavone; phenolics, selaginellins, terpenoids | Chandran and Muralidhara [27, 28] Girish and Muralidhara [64] Ha et al. [68] Lee et al. [92] |