Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Short Communication
Phytochemistry of Calotropis procera and its Traditional Uses
Author(s): Hina Batool*, Mumtaz Hussain, Mansoor Hameed and Rashid Ahmad
Medicinal plants are important by biological active ingredients
as the major source of medicine. Calotropis procera is
drought resistant medicinal perennial shrub mostly found in arid
to semi-arid areas. It is a major source of secondary metabolites
including phenols, flavonoids, terpenoids, sugars, alkaloids,
tannins cardenolides, glycoside, saponins and steroids. It has
medicinal properties as hepatoprotective, antioxidant,
inflammatory, antimicrobial and antimalarial. It is vigorously used
for the ailment of common diseases i.e., fever, leprosy,
eczema, diarrohea, dysentery and jaundice... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-6836.24.12.1.1-2
