Swietenia mahagoni commonly known as "mahogani," native to Neotropics from Southern Florida, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. This timber tree is mainly cultivated in tropical zones, such as India, Malaysia and Southern China (Mulholland et al., 2000). Plant phytoconstituents include more than 45 limonoids belonging to the structural class's andirobin, gendunin, mexicanolide and phragmalin, triterpens, tetranortriterpenes and chlorogenic acid (Chen et al., 2007; Ekimoto et al., 1991). The extract of this plant showed ameliorative effects on diabetic mice (Li et al., 2005), antimicrobial...
Swietenia mahagoni commonly known as "mahogani," native to Neotropics from Southern Florida, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. This timber tree i...