''Terminalia macroptera'' is a species of flowering plant in the
Combretaceae known by the
Hausa common name ''kwandari''. It is native to Africa, where it can be found in
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Ghana,
Senegal,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Uganda, and
Nigeria.
This species is used medicinally in several African countries. It is used to treat infectious diseases,
,
hepatitis,
and
dysentery.
[ Extracts of the plant have shown activity against '' Helicobacter pylori'']Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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''.dye
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and perfumes.[
The leaves contain chlorogenic acid, quercetin, isoorientin, the ellagitannins ]chebulagic acid
Chebulagic acid is a benzopyran tannin and an antioxidant that has many potential uses in medicine.
It has been found to be immunosuppressive, hepatoprotective, and a potent alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, a human gut enzyme useful in diabetic studie ...
, chebulinic acid, punicalagin, and terflavin A, gallic and ellagic acids. Different methylated ellagic acid derivatives and the triterpenoid terminolic acid can be found in the heartwood. The plant also contains the hydrolyzable tannins isoterchebulin and 4,6-O-isoterchebuloyl-d-glucose, having a tetraphenylic acid moiety ( isoterchebulic acid).[Isoterchebulin and 4,6-O-Isoterchebuloyl-d-glucose, Novel Hydrolyzable Tannins from Terminalia macroptera. Jürgen Conrad, Bernhard Vogler, Sabine Reeb, Iris Klaiber, Stefan Papajewski, Gudrun Roos, Erlinda Vasquez, Mary C. Setzer and Wolfgang Kraus, J. Nat. Prod., 2001, volume 64, issue 3, pages 294–299, ]
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macroptera
Flora of Africa
Plants used in traditional African medicine