چکیده (انگلیسی):

Clinacanthus nutans Lindau is known as snake grass belonging to the Acanthaceae
family. This plant has diverse and potential medicinal uses in traditional herbal medicine
for treating skin rashes, insects and snake bites, lesions caused by herpes simplex virus,
diabetes, and gout in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China. Phytochemical investigations
documented the varied contents of bioactive compounds from this plant
namely flavonoids, glycosides, glycoglycerolipids, cerebrosides and monoacylmonogalatosylglycerol.
The pharmacological experiment proved that various types of
extracts and pure compounds from this species exhibited a broad range of biological
properties such as anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-diabetic activities.
The findings of toxicity study showed that extracts from this plant did not show any
toxicity thus it can be used as strong therapeutic agents for specific diseased conditions.
However, further experiments on chemical components and their mode of action showing
biological activities are required to elucidate the complete phytochemical profile and
assess to confirm their suitability for future drugs. This review summarizes the medicinal
uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of this plant in order to explore its therapeutic
potential and gaps necessitating for prospected research work.