Abstract
Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet is a medicinal shrub belonging to the family Malvaceae; It has been extensively used as a traditional medicine to cure different diseases. It is considered invasive on certain tropical islands. The plant is very much used in Ayurveda & Siddha medicines in Tamilnadu. In fact, the bark, root, leaves, flowers and seeds are all used for medicinal purposes. The phytochemical analysis showed the Presence of alkaloid, saponins, amino acid, flavonoids, glycosides and steroids. Some important essential oil constituents like α-pinene, mucilage, tannins, caryophyllene, asparagines, caryophylleneoxide, endesmol, farnesol, borenol, geraniol, geranyl acetate, elemene and α-cineole have been reported from plant. Phytoconstituents like β‐Sitosterol, caffeic acid, fumaric acid, vanillin, p‐coumaricacid, p‐hydroxybenzoic acid, sesquiterpene including lactones, alantolactone and isoalanto‐lactone along with this hexoses, n-alkane mixtures (C22-34), alkanol, gallic acid also been reported from different part of the plant. The present paper provides detailed review of literature on the phytochemical properties of A. indicum (Link) Sweet, which may be helpful to establish effective and useful natural drugs for further research.
Highlights
People depend on plants for several purposes like for wood, timber, non-timber forest products, food and plants have been used as medicines for thousands of years (Jain etal2005) as natural drugs are effective in action without side effects
Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet is an important medicinal plant used in our traditional system of medicine to treat various health aliments (Vadnere et al 2013)
The systematic survey literature reviewed that Abutilon Indicum (Link) Sweet, is an important medicinal plant with diverse pharmacological spectrum
Summary
Surywanshi V. S. & S. R. Umate, (2020). A review on Phytochemical constituents of Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet – An important medicinal plant in Ayurveda., Pla. Sci. 2020; Vol 03 Iss. 03:15-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32439/ps.v3i3.15-19 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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