Review on Medicinal benefits of London Rocket or SisymbriumIrio in different contextual aspects

Abstract

Several studies done throughout the world on ‘SisymbriumIrio L’, also known as ‘London Rocket’ or ‘Khakshi’ have established that this annual herb is of tremendous medicinal benefits. This review paper will focus on researches done using samples collected at widespread geographical range such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kashmir, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Rajasthan, UK, Europe, Mediterranean Islands, North America, and Caucasia among others. Further, we will study various phytochemicals produced by aerial parts, seeds, and other partsofSisymbriumIrio L and their clinical uses which were discovered experimentally. Such as alkaloids of aerial parts for ‘Liver Disease’; flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids in seeds as expectorant and stimulant for ‘Clinical Asthma’; histamine aerosol for protection against ‘Bronchospasm’; ethyl acetate, aqueous extracts, and butanol from other parts as potential ‘Nutraceutical Antioxidant’. Apart from these, there is the presence of various secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, triterpenoids or steroids, saponins, alkaloids, carbohydrates, and tannins, and the absence of Anthraquinones and cardiac glycosides which were found to be of ‘Chemotherapeutic Interest’. Hence we will analyze the overall effects of various phytochemicals produced from different parts of Sisymbriumirio L and further study the possibility to use this plant as a potential replacement for various commercially used Antibiotics.