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Table 2 Diverse phytochemical compositions of Pteridophytes

From: Medicinal pteridophytes: ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and clinical attributes

Family

Species

Biologically active chemicals

References

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]

Chandran et al. [26, 29]

Girish and Muralidhara [64]

Ha et al. [68]

Lee et al. [92]