Abstract

Plant have been used for medical purpose from the past and today their use become more. The ethno-pharmacology is as old as man himself. Herbal medicines show a significant therapeutic diversity. Calotropis species includes Calotropis acia bunch, Calotropis gigantea and Calotropis procera are used in several traditional medicines to treat different diseases. The bark and leaves of Calotropis plant have shown anti-diarrheal activity, antimicrobial activity, antifungal activity, anti-inflammatory activity, antioxidant activity, anti-tumor activity, anti-malarial activity, analgesic activity, antifertility activity, pregnancy interceptive activity, anthelmintic activity, hepatoprotective activity, antinociceptive activities, antihyperglycemic activity, anti-convulsant, sedative activity and antinociceptive activities. In this review we are going to discuss about Calotropis, its species with different activities which are useful for humans to treat different disease.

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