Abstract
India has a vast diversity of medicinal herbs. Around 3,000 years ago, these herbs were acknowledged and used as medicinal plants helpful for treating people. New scientific research has established that some plants and herbs have presence of many active compounds and possess specific pharmacological properties.Boerhavia diffusa is one of the renowned medicinal plants used to treat large number of human ailments as mentioned in Ayurveda. The plant in whole or its peculiar parts (aerial parts and roots) have a numerous medicinal properties. It shows antibacterial, hepato-protective, antistress and also in treatment of stress, abdominal pain, inflammation and jaundice. Various phytochemical, Pharmacological, experimental and clinical investigations were done on Boerhavia diffusa by many scientists to clearly understand the ancient ayurvedic usage of punarnava. The evaluation of secondary metabolites and antibacterial activities of punarnava root extract were investigated on pathogens using the well diffusion method. HPTLC analysis of Boerhavia diffusa extracts were also carried out in different solvent.
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