Tentative qualitative and quantitative analysis of phenolic compounds in leaf extract from Carica papaya Linn. plant growing in Uganda

Nowak Jadwiga; Kiss Anna K.; Wambebe Charles; Katuura Esther; Kuźma Łukasz

doi:10.2478/hepo-2021-0029

Herba Polonica (Dec 2021)

Tentative qualitative and quantitative analysis of phenolic compounds in leaf extract from Carica papaya Linn. plant growing in Uganda

Nowak Jadwiga,
Kiss Anna K.,
Wambebe Charles,
Katuura Esther,
Kuźma Łukasz

Affiliations

Nowak Jadwiga: Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062Kampala, Uganda
Kiss Anna K.: Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, Warsaw, Poland
Wambebe Charles: Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062Kampala, Uganda
Katuura Esther: Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
Kuźma Łukasz: Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Łódź, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hepo-2021-0029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 67, no. 4
pp. 1 – 9

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Carica papaya L. belongs to Caricaceae family. It is an evergreen tree or shrub with usually unbranched trunk. Previous studies on the methanolic leaf extract of this plant proved the antibacterial, cytotoxic, anticancer and antioxidant effects indicative of promising therapeutic potentials.

Published in Herba Polonica

ISSN: 2449-8343 (Online)
Publisher: Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Plant culture
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