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This chapter gives an introduction to medicinally important trees with reference to their ecological distribution and economic and medicinal importance. It also includes a brief introduction to the natural products of plants, as medicinal activities of plants are mainly due to the wide variety of these natural products, which include alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, tannins, and flavonoids. Important medicinal activities of trees are briefly described, which include antidiabetic, anticancer, antimicrobial, antiviral, hepatoprotective, and cardioprotective activities. Aphrodisiac, abortifacient, antipyretic, and analgesic properties of trees are also briefly introduced.
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Khan, A.S. (2017). An Introduction to Medicinally Important Trees. In: Medicinally Important Trees. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56777-8_1
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