Volume: 2 Issue: 3
Year: 2025, Page: 115-122, Doi: https://doi.org/10.71325/ajjms.v2i3.2 5.54
Received: Oct. 6, 2025 Accepted: Nov. 11, 2025 Published: Nov. 21, 2025
The plants are a valuable source of possible assemblies for the creation of novel chemotherapeutic drugs. During ancient times, medicinal plants were used to flavor and preserve food, as well as to cure health issues and prevent epidemic diseases. Olea dioica Roxb., belongs to the family Oleaceae. It is a vital medicinal tree used by local Siddha tribes. Different parts of the plant O. dioica viz., leaves, bark, root, and fruits are consumed as traditional medicine to cure fever, cancer, snake bite, rheumatism, skin diseases and many more. While using standard protocols, different extracts of plant parts have shown the presence of micro and macro-elements, carbohydrates, flavonoids, fats, steroids, phenolic compounds, proteins, saponins, reducing sugars and alkaloids. GC-MS analysis results exhibit hexadecanal, octadecanal, 6-octadecenoic acid, lupeol trifluroacetate, 12-oleanen-3-yl acetate (3Alpha), urs-12-en-3-ol, acetate and lu-20(29)-en-3-ol, acetate, (3.beta.). Ethanolic extract of the bark of O. dioica was found to have a pure compound benzene ethanol, 4-hydroxy-alcohol which has a good scavenging activity.
Keywords: Olea dioica; Phytoconstituents; Aphrodisiac; Analgesic; Anticancer; Anti-Alzheimer’s
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