Abstract
In a herb, presence of phytochemicals and its physiochemical properties are responsible for its pharmacological and therapeutic potentials. Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. is an herbaceous perennial plant belongs to Cucurbitaceae family, having worldwide distribution and still being used traditionally for many therapeutic purposes. Proximate analysis and preliminary qualitative phytochemical analysis of this plant was carried out in this study to explore the physical and chemical characters like moisture, crude protein, crude fibre, total ash, ether extract, sand / silica, salt, calcium, phosphorus, gross energy and phyto-constituents which are reasons for the plant having different pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and growth promotion.
Highlights
Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. commonly known as Appakovai in Tamil is a medicinal plant
The Paliyan tribes in Tamilnadu used the juice of the leaves of Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., herbs for the treatment of common cold, cough and asthma in children (Karuppusamy, 2007)
The indigenous people lived in the rain forest of Africa and South America consumed Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., leaves as edible food in boiled form as snacks at times of food scarcity (Teklehaymanot and Giday, 2010)
Summary
Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. commonly known as Appakovai in Tamil is a medicinal plant. The leaves have a very unpleasant smell, but a favored food of some native peoples, where they are commonly harvested from the wild for local use (Leffers, 2003) This herb found to be very effective in the treatment of asthma, urinary tract infections, diarrhoea and skin diseases. The whole plant extracts of Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. The Paliyan tribes in Tamilnadu used the juice of the leaves of Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., herbs for the treatment of common cold, cough and asthma in children (Karuppusamy, 2007). The indigenous people lived in the rain forest of Africa and South America consumed Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., leaves as edible food in boiled form as snacks at times of food scarcity (Teklehaymanot and Giday, 2010). The present study was taken to estimate the physiochemical and phytochemical properties of Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn., for future exploration of its pharmacological and therapeutic potentials
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