Open Chemistry Journal

2020, 7 : 1-15
Published online 2020 April 17. DOI: 10.2174/1874842202007010001
Publisher ID: CHEM-7-1

REVIEW ARTICLE
 Chemical Constituents and Uses of and – A Review (Part I – The Plants as Material and Energy Resources)

Mazen A. M. Al Sulaibi1,2 , Carolin Thiemann1 and Thies Thiemann1, *

*Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Tel: 0502213686; E-mail: thies@uaeu.ac.ae

ABSTRACT

The traditional and current use of Calotropis procera and C. gigantea, two soft-wooded, xerophytic shrubs of the family Apocynaceae, are reviewed against the background of the plants' chemical constituents and their biological properties. The focus is on the usage of the plants for building materials, natural pesticides, animal feed and bioremediative purposes.

Keywords:

Biomaterial, Biomass, Petrocrop, Natural pesticides, Bioremediation, .