Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Overview of Heritiera fomes: Future Prospects

Table 2

Phytochemical constituents obtained from H. fomes.

Plant Parts	Phytochemical constituents reported	References
Leaves	0.25% chlorophyll a	[30]
	0.09% chlorophyll b
	0.11% carotenoids
	39.45% polyphenols
	21.12% tannins
	29.22% proteins
Phytochemical exploration of leaf extract	Reducing sugars, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, steroids, flavonoids, and gums	[25]
Bark	7–36% tannin,; high content of proanthocyanidins	[31, 32]
Stem bark	Trimeric, pentameric and hexameric procyanidins	[12]
NMR spectroscopy of CHCl3 extract	𝛽-Sitosterol, stigmasterol, and stigmast-4-en-3-one	[12]