Innovative product development from the valorization of Clinacanthus nutans Lindau medicinal plant

  1. MUSTAPA, ANA NAJWA BINTI
Supervised by:
  1. Angel Martín Martínez Director
  2. María José Cocero Alonso Co-director

Defence university: Universidad de Valladolid

Fecha de defensa: 02 December 2016

Committee:
  1. Jesús Santamaría Ramiro Chair
  2. Rafael B. Mato Chain Secretary
  3. Pavel Gurikov Committee member
  4. Yunus Mohd Aziz Bin Che Committee member
  5. Ana Isabel Morales Martín Committee member

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 446154 DIALNET lock_openUVADOC editor

Abstract

Medicinal plants contain various organic compounds called secondary metabolites that are derived from secondary metabolism. This includes terpenoids, alkaloids, steroids, glycosides, flavonoids and phenols with attractive therapeutic activities. Clinacanthus nutans Lindau (C. nutans) (Figure 1) is a medicinal plant belonging to the family of Acanthaceae, commonly called as Sabah Snake Grass or Belalai Gajah. It is grown in the Asia tropical region, mainly in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.