Prosopis Cineraria (Khejri): Ethanopharmacology and Phytochemistry

Abstract

It is traditionally used as an ayurvedic medicine because of its therapeutic potentials with pharmacological properties like free radical scavenging, pain-relieving, antipyretic, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-hypercholesterolemia, and nootropic activities. Various plant parts are traditionally recommended in healing of several disorders. Flowers are recommended to 410combat dermatophytes infections, as coolant and along with that it assists in phagocytosis thus removing impurities from blood. Prosopis cineraria is recommended as a protectant in pregnancy by inhibiting lapse in pregnancy. Dehydrated pods of the plants are known as sangri, and it is the main sustenance of some Rajasthani dishes and also has a broader range of ethnophar-macological relevance to combat pain, high cholesterol level, and diabetes, anemia, kidney, and liver disorders. The leaves are recommended in mouth ulcer and eye trouble; along with that it is having antibacterial, antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipidemic, and antioxidant activity. Key search engines like Science Direct, Scopus, JSTOR, PubMed, and Google Scholar were cited to search for traditional literatures related to the ethnopharmacology, biological activity, toxicology, and phytochemistry of Prosopis cineraria. In this book chapter, we aim to report an inclusive update on the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and therapeutic potentialities of Prosopis cineraria and their phytochemical constituents.