The aim of the thesis: Study on chemical constituents of two Tacca species including Tacca vietnamensis and Tacca chantrierri growing in Vietnam; evaluate cytotoxic and inflammatory activities of isolates to find out bioactive compounds. | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM ACADEMY AND TRAINING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ----------------------------- VU THI QUYNH CHI STUDY ON CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF Tacca vietnamensis AND Tacca chantrieri GROWING IN VIETNAM Major Organic chemistry Code SUMMARY OF CHEMISTRY DOCTORAL THESIS Hanoi - 2018 This thesis was completed at Graduate University Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Supervisor 1 Dr. Nguyen Xuan Nhiem Institute of Marine Biochemistry - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Supervisor 2 Dr. Pham Hai Yen Institute of Marine Biochemistry - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer 3rd Reviewer The thesis will be defended at Graduate University of Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology at date month 2018 Thesis can be found in - The library of the Graduate University of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. - The National Library of Vietnam. 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The urgency of the thesis Vietnam has a long tradition of traditional medicine using a variety of herbs for treating diseases and enhancing health. Vietnam has about 12 000 species of higher plants. Of these nearly 5 000 species are used as medicinal plants 1 2 . The medicinal plant resources have played important role due to the great potential in research and development of drugs in the treatment of diseases. Many compounds from medicinal plants and animal were discovered and used as drugs for treating diseases and enhancing health. However many of medicinal plants still need to be studied chemical constituents as well as biological activities to find out bioactive compounds. The Tacca species the well-known medicinal plants were used for the treatment of diseases such as gastric ulcer enteritis hepatitis etc. get the attention of scientists around the world. The studies have showed that the extract and
