A review on Ethnomedical use of Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. and its potentiality towards the development of antimicrobial agents and pesticides

Abstract

Fish bean, Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f is among of potential medicinal plant species in the genusTephrosia. It has been traditionally used to cure human and animal ailments including fungaland bacterial diseases though not exhaustively scientifically reported. Similarly, its extractshave been locally used to control vectors and pests in small scale farming though the drugdevelopment from its extracts and phytochemicals is not reported. Thus, this review focused tounveil its ethnomedical and pharmaceutical potentiality with emphasis towards development ofantimicrobial agents and pesticides. Data collection for the review was based on the publishedpaper searched globally in several sources including Web of Sciences, Google scholar, andpublishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis. Evidently, data from literaturerevealed various bioactivity studies which uncovered potentiality of this species towardsdevelopment of pesticides and antimicrobial agents. This review hereby promotes the presentbioactive secondary metabolites of Tephrosia vogelii, and thought-provoking emphases oneither herbal formulation or development of pesticides and antimicrobial agents. The reportedpharmacological value of various secondary metabolites such as terpenoids, steroids, tannins,flavonoids and rotenoids explains potentiality of this medicinal plant. Moreover, data generatedfrom this review on medicinal value of the T. vogelii offer and emphasizes medicinalconsciousness towards development of pesticides and antimicrobial agents for improvement ofhuman health settings and agricultural production particularly management of crop pests anddiseases.