Pharmacological relevance of primitive leafy Cactuses Pereskia

• Main Authors: M., Sharif K., Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Azmir, Jannatul, Akanda, Jahurul Haque, A., Mohamed, S. H., Shamsudin, Samsudin, Siti Hadijah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioTek Journal, India 2013
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33158/1/22.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33158/; http://shankargargh.org/biotech.aspx
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Pereskia is the only cactus genus that has green leaf unlike other genera of large Cactaceae family. Pereskia is well known in scientific community for their heterogeneous, morphological and botanical characteristics. Although Pereskia genus originates in Latin American countries but it is also wide...