• Rajeev Rattan

The genus Jasminum has been a source of various traditionally useful and pharmacological active species. Many plants of this genus prominently feature white, yellow or pink flowers with sweet fragrance and others are unscented. The species are cultivated for flowers containing bioactive compounds especially iridoids, secoiridoids and essential oils. The pharmacological effects evaluated from the crude extracts or pure isolated compounds from these species have been antimicrobial, antifungal,antiviral, insecticidal, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory antioxidant, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, antiulcer, antidiarrhoea and analgesic activities. Secoiridoids are cyclopentane mono-terpene derivatives formed by cleavage of the cyclomethene oxime compounds at C-7 and C-8. Nearly 250 secoiridoids in the form of aglycones, dimers and derivatives have been identified from Oleaceae family. The secoiridoids from Jasminum species are studied in this report. The chemical compounds isolated from these species have been reported for their pharmacological effects. Although, few experimental studies validated their traditional claim, but uncharacterized crude extracts were employed in most of the activities. Such species need to be explored properly for their bioactive principle and exploited as potential drug.

Jasminum officinale, Jasminum mensyi, Jasminum amplexicaule, Jasminum multiflorum.

"Secoiridoids from Jasminum Species- A Report", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.i104-i109, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306815.pdf

"Secoiridoids from Jasminum Species- A Report", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppi104-i109, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306815.pdf