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 genus
Tephrosia. It has been traditionally used to cure human and animal ailments including fungal
and bacterial diseases though not exhaustively scientifically reported. Similarly, its extracts
have been locally used to control vectors and pests in small scale farming though the drug
development from its extracts and phytochemicals is not reported. Thus, this review focused to
unveil its ethnomedical and pharmaceutical potentiality with emphasis towards development of
antimicrobial agents and pesticides. Data collection for the review was based on the published
paper searched globally in several sources including Web of Sciences, Google scholar, and
publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis. Evidently, data from literature
revealed various bioactivity studies which uncovered potentiality of this species towards
development of pesticides and antimicrobial agents. This review hereby promotes the present
bioactive secondary metabolites of Tephrosia vogelii, and thought-provoking emphases on
either herbal formulation or development of pesticides and antimicrobial agents. The reported
pharmacological value of various secondary metabolites such as terpenoids, steroids, tannins,
flavonoids and rotenoids explains potentiality of this medicinal plant. Moreover, data generated
from this review on medicinal value of the T. vogelii offer and emphasizes medicinal
consciousness towards development of pesticides and antimicrobial agents for improvement of
human health settings and agricultural production particularly management of crop pests and
diseases.