Review Article

Current Insights into Phytochemistry, Nutritional, and Pharmacological Properties of Prosopis Plants

Table 3

Identification of phytochemicals in different Prosopis spp.

Species and plant partsPhytochemicalsReferences

Prosopis laevigata leavesGallic acid, coumaric acid, catechin, gallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, rutin, morin, naringenin, luteolin[2]

Prosopis alba exudate gumFerulic acid 4-glucuronide, ferulic acid rhamnosyl-hexoside, ferulic acid, coumaric acid, esculetin derivative, 7-O-methylapigenin, apigetrin, chrysin, 3-galloylquinic acid, caftaric acid, chlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaroylquinic acid, valoneic acid dilactone, digallic acid, kaempferol 3-O-arabinoside[49]

P. alba seed germ flourApigenin 6-C-(6″-O-glc) arab-8-C-glc, apigenin 6-C-glc-8-C-(6″-O-glc) Arab, apigenin 6-C-glc-8-C-glc, apigenin 5,7-O-diglucosides, apigenin 6-C-pentoside-7-C-hexoside, apigenin 6-C-arab-8-C-glc, apigenin 6-C-glc-8-C-arab[26]

Prosopis cineraria pods3-Benzyl-2-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid, maslinic acid-3 glucoside, linoleic acid, prosophylline, 5,5′-oxybis-1,3-benzenediol, 3,4,5-trihydroxycinnamic acid 2-hydroxyethyl ester, 5,3′,4′-trihydroxyflavanone 7-glycoside[12]

Prosopis nigra podsCyanidin rhamnosyl hexoside, cyanidin-3-hexoside, peonidin-3-hexoside, malvidin dihexoside, cyanidin malonyl hexoside, petunidin-3-hexoside, malvidin rhamnosyl hexoside, malvidin-3-hexoside, apigenin-di-C-hexoside, quercetin-dihexoside rhamnoside, vitexin, isovitexin[4]

Prosopis alba cotyledonsIsoschaftoside hexoside, schaftoside hexoside, vicenin II/isomer, isoschaftoside, schaftoside, vitexin, isovitexin[31]

Prosopis chilensis mesocarp flourCyanidin 3-hexoside, peonidin 3-hexoside, cyanidin malonyl hexoside, peonidin malonyl hexoside, ellagic acid hexoside, hydroxyferulic acid hexoside, vicenin II/isomer, schaftoside, quercetin-dihexoside, quercetin-hexosidepentoside, quercetin-methyl ether rhamnoside hexoside, quercetin-rhamnoside-hexoside, isovitexin, quercetin-methyl ether rhamnoside hexoside[53]

Prosopis farcta aerial partsTetradecane, pentadecane, dodecanoic acid, 1-tridecene, 4-methyl-14-pentadecenoic acid, 1-icosene, octadecane, nonadecane, pentadecanoic acid, nonadecanoic acid[54]