Affiliations 

  • 1 Laboratory of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Selangor , Malaysia and
Pharm Biol, 2014 Jul;52(7):890-7.
PMID: 24766363 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.872672

Abstract

Dillenia (Dilleniaceae) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in tropical and subtropical trees of Southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean Islands. Until now, only eight Dillenia species have been reported to be used traditionally in different countries for various medical purposes. Out of eight species, D. pentagyna (Roxb), D. indica (Linn.) and D. suffruticosa (Griffith Ex. Hook. F. & Thomsom Martelli) have been reported to be used to treat cancerous growth.

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