CANNONBALL TREE: THE ALCHEMIST PLANT

Authors

  • vivek chavda Department of Pharmaceutics, B.K. Mody Government Pharmacy College, Rajkot – 360003, Gujarat (India)

Abstract

Couroupita guianensis Aublet (Family: Lecythiadaceae) commonly known as Naglingam or a Canaball tree, found throughout India in plains. The flowers are used to cure cold, intestinal gas formation and stomachache (Wealth of India). It is also called as “Cannonball tree†or “Sal tree†or “Ayauma treeâ€. The tree has a enormous medicinal values since most of the parts like leaves, flower, fruit and stem are used as medicine to cure various diseases This plant is very important in traditional veterinary medicine because it is used commercial since a very long time ago. During the last few decades it has been observed that there are numerous reports on anti inflammatory activity, anti ulcer activity and anti cancer activity of this plant. It is enriched with a number of compounds such as oils, keto steroids, glycosides, couroupitine, indirubin, isatin and phenolic substances. The extract of various parts of couroupita guianensis showed significant pharmacological activities so it is necessary to perform further investigation to isolate such pharmacological active compounds which can be used in production of novel drugs for various diseases. Future research using its part to ascertain its activity in various illness will provide attractive niche to scientist. Key-words: couroupita guianensis, anti cancer, pharmacological activity, phytochemical constituents, antidiabetic.

Author Biography

vivek chavda, Department of Pharmaceutics, B.K. Mody Government Pharmacy College, Rajkot – 360003, Gujarat (India)

Department of Pharmaceutics, B.K. Mody Government Pharmacy College, Rajkot – 360003, Gujarat (India)

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2015-12-20

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chavda, vivek. (2015). CANNONBALL TREE: THE ALCHEMIST PLANT. Innoriginal: International Journal of Sciences, 6–9. Retrieved from https://innoriginal.com/index.php/iijs/article/view/32

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