Abstract

Leucas aspera (Willd.) Linn. (Family: Lamiaceae) commonly known as ‘Thumbai’, and is distributed throughout India from the Himalayas down to Ceylon. L. aspera, a species are widely distributed in tropical Asia, Africa and grows as a competitive weed in highland crop fields, homesteads, fallow lands and roadsides. Many phytochemicals belong to the classes of terpenes, terpenoids, sterols and fatty compounds, glycosides, long-chain compounds, flavonoids, lignans, alkaloids and others were identified and isolated by different extraction methods. These extracts were being investigated for their vide varieties of biological activities. Therefore, in this narrative review of literature we aimed to describe and delineate on medicinal perspectives of plant L. aspera

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