Traditional uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of alocasia species: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Arbain, Dayar, Sinaga, Lorenskia Maria Regina, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Khotib, Junaidi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/98025/7/98025_Traditional%20uses%2C%20phytochemistry%20and%20biological%20activities.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/98025/; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.849704/pdf; https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.849704

The genus Alocasia (Schott) G. Don consists of 113 species distributed across Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Alocasia plants grow in tropical and subtropical forests with humid lowlands. Featuring their large green heart-shaped or arrow-shaped ear leaves and occasionally red- orange fruit, the...