Review Article

A Review on Bioactive Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Aegiceras corniculatum: A Pharmaceutically Important Mangrove Plant

Table 2

In vitro pharmacological effect of A. corniculatum extract.

Reported activityTest modelMIC/IC50/EC50 (μg/ml)MechanismReference

AntituberculosisAgainst Mtb H37Rv strainMIC using resazurin microtiter assay, Soxhlet, and maceration techniques, respectively (19.53 μg/ml, 39.06 μg/ml, and 1250 μg/ml)Through oxidation[28]
AntioxidationUsing DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl)MIC using microwave and SEAF (IC50: 86.31 μg/ml and 165.75 μg/ml)By scavenging free radicals

AntioxidantDPPH radical scavenging activityMethanolic, water, and ethyl acetate extract of leaf (EC50 value: 55.77, 58.43, and 59.73 µg/ml)By scavenging free radicals[32]
Methanolic and water extract of bark (EC50: 80.73 and 82.02 µg/ml)
Petroleum ether extracts of bark and leaf (EC50; 328 and 201 µg/ml)
ABTS + radical scavenging activityWater extract of leaf and bark (EC50: 84.38 and 87.89 µg/ml)
Methanolic extract of leaf and bark (EC50: 89.33 and 102.34 µg/ml)
Hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activityPetroleum ether extract of leaf and ethyl acetate extract of bark (EC50: 93.59 and 93.44 µg/ml)
Water and petroleum ether extract of bark (EC50: 94.19 and 96.09 µg/ml)
Water and methanol extract of leaf (EC50: 97.07 and 95.05 µg/ml)

AntioxidantDPPH assayAqueous ethanol extract of bark and leaves (IC50: 20.49 ± 2.14 µg/mL)By scavenging free radicals[33]
Anti-inflammationLOX inhibition assayAqueous ethanol extract of bark and leaves (IC50: 23.58 ± 1.75 µg/mL)Inhibition of lipoxygenase enzyme
AnticoagulationProthrombin time (PT) determination assayA. corniculatum bark needed 18.19 ± 0.13 min at highest concentration (800 µg/mL)N/A

NeuroprotectiveMTT pretreatment method using SK-S-NH neuroblastoma cell linesMethanol extract of concentration 5 µg/ml showed 70.02% cell viabilityHinders lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS)[34]

CytotoxicityOn Vero cell linesSilver nanoparticles using a mangrove extract of Aegiceras corniculatum (IC50 was 18.79 ± 0.9 µg/mL)N/A[35]

AnthelminticUsing adult earthworms (Pheretima posthuma)Petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol, and aqueous extract of Aegiceras corniculatum stem are used in 50 and 100 mg/ml concentrationN/A[36]

AntidiabeticAlpha glycosidase enzyme activity inhibitionIC50 of ethyl acetate and water extract of the Aegiceras corniculatum leaves was 40.59 µg/mL and 60.79 µg/mL, respectivelyα-Glucosidase inhibition[37]