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The plant Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook) Raffin, family Caesalpiniaceae, grows in Madagascar, India, Africa, and Northern Australia. The plant is well known as flame of forest or royal poinciana and has been extensively used traditionally or in Ayurveda for the treatment of various diseases including jaundice, ulcer, wound, arthritis, malarial, emetic, infection, inflammatory, pain, and diarrhea. Phytochemical studies show that plant D. regia contains flavonoids, tannins, saponins, sterols, steroids, alkaloids, triterpenoids, anthocyanins, carotene hydrocarbons as bioactive secondary metabolites. In this chapter, we present an up-to-date compilation according to the latest references on various phytochemical constituents including bioactive as well as pharmacological effects.
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Jain, S., Vaidya, A., Jain, N., Kumar, V., Modi, A. (2021). Bioactive Compounds of Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.). In: Murthy, H.N., Paek, K.Y. (eds) Bioactive Compounds in Underutilized Vegetables and Legumes. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44578-2_27-1
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