Abstract
Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. (Prishnaparni) is one of the most important medicinal plants used in different traditional systems of medicines including the Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese medicine. The major use of this plant was found in the most popular Ayurvedic formulation “Dashmula” and in several many other important Ayurvedic formulations. IUCN placed this woody herb in the least concern category as per version 3.1. It has extensive therapeutic uses and pharmacological activities. Though this plant is a source of many phytochemicals, the uses are uncertain because the raw plant parts or crude extracts are being used in all formulations. Therefore, extensive investigations are necessary to focus on the identification of these phytochemicals. It is an urgent need to give special attention to collecting various aspects and more efforts are required in all areas for utilization and conservation of this valuable medicinal herb. Herein, a compilation of all information with various aspects has been presented, including the authors published work on Uraria picta. This review pursues attention towards biological activity, phytochemical profile, utilization, propagation and conservation of Uraria picta.
Highlights
In addition to the allopathic system of medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Yoga are used as traditional systems of medicines in India
IUCN placed this woody herb in the least concern category as per version 3.1. It has extensive therapeutic uses and pharmacological activities. Though this plant is a source of many phytochemicals, the uses are uncertain because the raw plant parts or crude extracts are being used in all formulations
Dashmula is one such preparation where roots of ten different plant species are used in mixture, among these U. picta is one
Summary
In addition to the allopathic system of medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Yoga are used as traditional systems of medicines in India. This review pursues attention towards biological activity, phytochemical profile, utilization, propagation and conservation of Uraria picta. Mostly deals with the herbal based medicines which contains therapeutic potentials description of over 2000 plants. Dashmula is the compound which is prepared by using powder of roots of ten different medicinal plants such as Aegle marmelos Corr., Desmodium gangeticum DC., Gmelina arborea Roxb., Oroxylum indicum Vent., Premna integrifolia Linn., Solanum indicum Linn., Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad., Stereospermum suaveolens DC., Tribulus terrestris Linn., Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC (Singh et al, 2011).
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