Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae), commonly known as Sofeda, Sobeda or Chikku is an important medicinal plant having various ethno pharmacological uses. It is cultivated throughout Bangladesh and India,though it is native to Mexico and Central America.The plant M.zapota is a fairly slow-growing, long-lived tree, upright and elegant and distinctly pyramidal when young. Its leaves are highly ornamental, evergreen, glossy, alternate, spirally clustered at the tips of the forked twigs; elliptic and pointed at both ends. In this study, several important pharmacological activities of the ethanolic...

Spondias dulcis belonging to the family Anacardiaceae, has been studied for isolation of its secondary metabolites and evaluation of biological activities of the extracts, with especial emphasis on the cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity. The isolated compounds were identified by extensive analyses of their high resolution 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopic data.The structures of the compounds were elucidated as D: A-Friedo-olean-3-one (SD-1), 6- 8-heptadecenyl]salicylic (SD-2) acid and -sitosterone (SD-3). The crude petroleum ether and ethyl acetate extracts of S. dulcis showed significant...