An Overview on Phyto-chemistry, Traditional and Pharmacological aspects of Pyrostegia Venusta

Abstract

The importance of medicinal plants and traditional health systems in solving the world's health-care problems is increasingly being focused. Worldwide maximum population has a belief in natural resources (i.e. plants) for disease treatment, either due to diseases of drug resistance or synthetic drug side effects. To plant products in current research lines of phytochemical analysis, pharmacological screening and clinical trials, ethano-medicinal studies have thus been recognised in recent years. This analysis offers details about the botanical definition, common uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Pyrostegia venusta, one such essential herb. Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers, a native of the Brazilian Cerrado and popularly known as "cipó-de-são-joão," Bignoniaceae. In Brazilian herbal medicine, the flowers of P. venusta are used as a general tonic and a treatment for diarrhea, vitiligo, cough, and common illnesses and inflammatory disorders of the respiratory system. The current review could provide a sound basis for further research into the potential discovery of new natural bioactive compounds, and could provide preliminary information for future research.