Biological Importance and Therapeutic Benefit of Swertisin: An Overview of Medicinal Importance and Pharmacological Activities

Abstract

Background: Herbal medicines have been derived from different parts of the plants including roots, bark, seeds, flowers, and leaf. Human beings have been using herbal medicine and their derived phytochemicals for the treatment of human health complications since ancient times. Presence of different classes of phytochemicals is responsible for different pharmacological activities of herbal drugs and their derived products. Methods: Numerous scientific literature data have been searched to collect all the needed scientific information of the present article. Scientific literature databases such as Google, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed have been searched in the present work to collect all the scientific information of swertisin. Medicinal importance and pharmacological activities of swertisin have been investigated in the present work through literature data analysis of different scientific research works. Therapeutic benefits of swertisin against cognitive impairment, diabetes, hepatitis B, pain and chromosomal damage have been investigated through literature data analysis of different scientific research works. Results: Literature data analysis of numerous scientific research works revealed the biological potential of swertisin in medicine as it is present in different medicinal plants i.e. Wilbrandia ebracteata, Swertia franchetiana, Swertia mussotii, Enicostemma hyssopifolium, and Iris tectorum. Scientific data analysis revealed the therapeutic effectiveness of swertisin against cognitive impairment, diabetes, hepatitis B, pain and chromosomal damage. Scientific data analysis signified the importance of different analytical techniques for qualitative and quantitative analysis of swertisin in different samples. Conclusion: Present study signified the biological importance and therapeutic benefit of swertisin in medicine.