Biomedicine

Abstract

Vinca rosea (C. roseus), a member of the Apocynaceae family, is a popular medicinal plant found in many countries. It's gaining popularity because it's been discovered to have a variety of phytochemicals having a wide range of biological actions, such as free radicle scavenging, hypoglycemic, antibacterial, antifungal, and cancer-fighting properties. The most important alkaloids isolated from vinca plant is vincristine and vinblastine. These were the first anticancer medicines obtained from plants to be tested in clinical trials. New indole alkaloids have recently been identified from this plant, including human cancer cell lines which were efficiently suppressed in vitro by 14', 15'-didehydrocyclovinblastine, 17-deacetoxyvinamidine, and 17-deacetoxycyclovinblastine. This plant is high in alkaloids and other secondary metabolites. Vindoline, vindolidine, vindolicine, and vindolinine are some of the important alkaloids found in the leaf extracts of V. rosea which showed anti-diabetic activity in vitro. These findings imply that C. rosea remains a potential bioactive chemical source that warrants more investigation. This study gives a summary of the plant's botanical features, its traditional and current medical uses and phytochemical profiles. In addition, the extracts and bioactive components generated from this plant's supposed health advantages were investigated in order to establish its potential as medicinal agents.