TY - JOUR AU - Aslam, Muhammad Shahzad AU - Ahmad, Muhammad Syarhabil AU - Mamat, Awang Soh PY - 2015/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A PHYTOCHEMICAL, ETHNOMEDICINAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW OF GENUS DIPTEROCARPUS JF - International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences JA - Int J Pharm Pharm Sci VL - 7 IS - 4 SE - Review Article(s) DO - UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijpps/article/view/4686 SP - 27-38 AB - <p class="Keywords">Dipterocarpus are the third largest and most diverse genus among Dipterocarpaceae. They are well-known for timber, but less acknowledged for its medicinal importance. Phytochemically genus Dipterocarpus has reported to contain resin, coumarin and dammar. The Resveratrol class of compounds is one of the major chemical constituent in this genus. Generally, the bark of Dipterocarpus is presumed to be the most active. Dipterocarpus species showed Anti-AIDS, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-oxidant activities. Therapeutically important species in this genus are <em>Dipterocarpus obtusifolius Teijsm ex Miq</em> because it may have cured against AIDS. We document number of species in this genus, their synonyms, distribution around the World, traditional names, ethnomedicinal uses, isolated compounds, chemical structure, chemical nature of isolated compounds, pharmacological reports and explain the relationship between isolated compounds from this genus and their therapeutic use.</p><p class="Keywords"> </p> ER -