PHARMACOGNOSTIC REVIEW 0N ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS

  • Unique Paper ID: 178221
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 6338-6343
  • Abstract:
  • Alstonia scholaris, commonly known as the devil's terror blackboard tree, is an evergreen tree belonging to the family Apocynaceae. Native to south and southeast Asia, it has significant medicinal, ecological and economic importance. this fast-growing tree can reach heights of up to 40 meters and is characterized by whorled leaves, milky latex, and fragrant white flowers. Chemical constituents of alstonia scholaris is echitamine, echitenine, alstonine, Picrinine, dita nine, kaempferol, quercetin, rutin, lupeol, oleanolic acid, garlic acid etc. The plant is used in traditional, ayurvedic, Unani, homeopathy, and siddha types of alternative medicinal system against different illness such as asthma, malaria, fever, dysentery, diarrhoea, skin disease, snake bites, jaundice, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial etc. Among the phytochemicals alkaloids are mostly reported. since ancient times, medicinal plants performing a very essential role as a source of medicine and their medicinal properties have been well documented in the various traditional systems of medicine including Indian, Chinese, and Korean medicine for the management of chronic inflammatory disorder. Complimentary therapies based on herbal medicines are the world's oldest form of medicine and recent report suggest that such therapies still enjoy vast popularity, especially in developing countries where most of the population does not have easy access to modern medicine. The plant Alstonia Scholaris has ethnobotanical uses which has been validated in few pharmacological investigations. therefore, the aim of this review is compilation of phytochemistry, ethnobotanical and pharmacological use of Alstonia Scholaris so as to provide better scope for the use of this plant in pharmacological related studies.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 6338-6343

PHARMACOGNOSTIC REVIEW 0N ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS

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