Medicinal plants are the nature’s gift for the humanity to treat various ailments and to spend a prosperous healthy life.There are almost 300 species of Ajuga.Among them,Ajuga bracteosa Wall.ex Benth(A.bracteosa)is a...Medicinal plants are the nature’s gift for the humanity to treat various ailments and to spend a prosperous healthy life.There are almost 300 species of Ajuga.Among them,Ajuga bracteosa Wall.ex Benth(A.bracteosa)is an important medicinal plant of Himalaya regions.Its medicinal potential is due to the presence of various pharmacologically active compounds such as neo-clerodane diterpenoids,flavonol glycosides,iridoid glycosides,ergosterol-5,8-endoperoxide and phytoecdysones.The aim of this review article was to gather information about A.bracteosa which is currently scattered in form of various publications.This review article tried to attract the attention from people for therapeutic potential of A.bracteosa.The present review comprises upto date information of botanical aspects,active ingredients,traditional uses,and pharmacological activities such as antitumor,antimicrobial,antimalarial,anti-inflammatory,cardiotonic activity,antiarthritic activity,antioxidant activity and in vitro production of secondary metabolites for pharmaceuticals.Due to remarkable medicinal potential and commercialization,this species is indexed into critically endangered category and it is facing extremely high risk of extinction.Conservation practices and management techniques should be carried out to protect this important species from extinction.Recent biotechnological approaches will be quite helpful for its conservation.展开更多
文摘Medicinal plants are the nature’s gift for the humanity to treat various ailments and to spend a prosperous healthy life.There are almost 300 species of Ajuga.Among them,Ajuga bracteosa Wall.ex Benth(A.bracteosa)is an important medicinal plant of Himalaya regions.Its medicinal potential is due to the presence of various pharmacologically active compounds such as neo-clerodane diterpenoids,flavonol glycosides,iridoid glycosides,ergosterol-5,8-endoperoxide and phytoecdysones.The aim of this review article was to gather information about A.bracteosa which is currently scattered in form of various publications.This review article tried to attract the attention from people for therapeutic potential of A.bracteosa.The present review comprises upto date information of botanical aspects,active ingredients,traditional uses,and pharmacological activities such as antitumor,antimicrobial,antimalarial,anti-inflammatory,cardiotonic activity,antiarthritic activity,antioxidant activity and in vitro production of secondary metabolites for pharmaceuticals.Due to remarkable medicinal potential and commercialization,this species is indexed into critically endangered category and it is facing extremely high risk of extinction.Conservation practices and management techniques should be carried out to protect this important species from extinction.Recent biotechnological approaches will be quite helpful for its conservation.
