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This review highlights scientific information about the medicinal uses and phytochemistry of Musa paradisiaca plant parts, which are traditionally used in human medicine to treat conditions such as diabetes, diarrhoea, hypertension, and ulcers, and exhibit various pharmacological activities including antidiabetic, antioxidant, and wound healing effects.

This review discusses the various medicinal properties attributed to the banana plant and reports no new clinical results; the authors suggest its potential in herbal medicine.

In this study, methanol extract of Cuscuta reflexa leaves significantly reduced blood glucose and improved insulin and liver function in alloxan-induced diabetic rats, indicating potential as an antidiabetic and organ-protective agent.

This study found that CRISPR/Cas9 efficiently edited two cellulose synthase-like genes in spinach, significantly altering root hair growth patterns and suggesting potential for large-scale genome editing in this crop.

This study found that ethanol extracts from Musa paradisiaca cv. Puttabale corms have significant anthelmintic activity against Pheretima posthuma, outperforming the standard drug piperazine citrate in terms of paralysis and death times.

This study observed that extracts from Ficus carica may temporarily increase blood glucose levels before returning to normal in diabetic rats, while Citrullus colocynthis extracts demonstrated an antihyperglycemic effect but had potential toxicity at higher doses.

This review outlines the medicinal uses, phytochemical components, and pharmacological activities of the banana plant but presents no new experimental results.

This review assesses 191 studies and reports that bananas have numerous health benefits, including anti-inflammatory, cancer-reducing, and antihypertensive properties, while also supporting roles in treating diabetes and depression, highlighting the fruit's potential as both a functional food and medicinal plant.

This review discusses the traditional and pharmacological uses of Cuscuta reflexa, but it reports no new clinical results, calling attention to its potential antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and antioxidant properties.

This review compares the phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Musa paradisiaca and Musa sapientum, highlighting their potential antidiabetic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as their use in traditional medicine for conditions like diabetes and inflammation.

This review discusses various potential pharmacological activities and traditional uses of Musa paradisiaca and M. sapientum but reports no new clinical results, highlighting the need for further scientific justification of their effects.

In this study, Ipomoea batatas leaf extracts exhibited significant hair growth stimulation and strong antifungal activity against Malassezia furfur, potentially offering a promising treatment for alopecia with further research needed on their androgen receptor inhibition potential.

This study found that palm oil treatment influenced the nutritional composition and enhanced the antifungal activity of banana and plantain peel ash extracts, suggesting their potential use as natural food preservatives or in treating fungal infections.

This study reports that the ethyl acetate extract of Musa × paradisiaca L. leaves demonstrated in vitro anticancer and antioxidant activity, with concentration-dependent inhibition of HeLa and A375 cancer cell lines.

In this study, Cassia tora L. oil-based ointment demonstrated moderate antifungal activity and a 50% recovery rate in dogs with mycotic dermatitis after 28 days of treatment, suggesting it may be a safe and cost-effective topical option.

In this in vitro study, methanolic extracts of Mangifera indica and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis demonstrated significant inhibitory activity on α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzymes, suggesting their potential usefulness in diabetes management due to their comparable effects to the standard drug acarbose.

This study found that an ethanolic extract of Semicarpus anacardium nuts reduced blood glucose levels and improved enzyme activities related to carbohydrate metabolism in normal rats.

This review discusses various medicinal properties and traditional uses of Ziziphus species in human health, emphasizing their potential for new therapeutic applications but reports no new clinical results.

This study identified that downregulation of the gene BcFLA1 decreases root hair length in Brassica carinata under phosphate-deficient conditions, highlighting its role in root hair elongation.

This study reviews the medicinal uses of Catharanthus roseus, highlighting its production of valuable anticancer alkaloids like vincristine and vinblastine, and its applications in treating diabetes, hypertension, and infections, but also notes potential side effects such as nausea and myelosuppression, especially at high doses.

This source describes the traditional uses of Avaram (Senna auriculata) in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, highlighting its application in treating diabetes, asthma, and skin conditions, with potential benefits for blood sugar, skin tone, and hair growth due to its antioxidant content.

This study identified compounds like hexadecanoic acid, alphaspinasterol, and squalene in Cucurbita pepo roots, which may offer new pharmacological approaches for developing therapies for various conditions.

This study identified numerous nutraceutical components in unripe fruits of three Musa species, potentially valuable for developing pharmaceuticals that promote human health.

This study demonstrated that aqueous and hydroethanolic extracts of Catharanthus roseus and Schwenckia americana showed no acute oral toxicity at the tested dose in rats, although histological changes in kidney and liver tissues were observed.

In this study, substituting Sangyod rice flour for wheat flour in butter cakes improved nutritional profiles and maintained sensory qualities, with 50% substitution showing the best balance, supporting local agriculture and potentially leading to healthier bakery options.

This study found that supplementing arsenic-fed Black Bengal kids with vitamin E, alone or combined with yeast culture, partially ameliorated growth and reduced arsenic load in faeces, urine, and hair.

This study suggests that extract from Musa paradisiaca unripe fruit may promote hair growth in mice, indicating potential as a hair growth treatment.

This study found that methanolic extracts from Capparis decidua fruits showed significant in vitro clot lysis activity, indicating potential as a safer anti-thrombotic alternative, but more research is needed to confirm its effectiveness in vivo.