More than half of the world's population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents.Among them,Cordia dichotoma F...More than half of the world's population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents.Among them,Cordia dichotoma Forst.,a small to moderate size plant of family Boragenaceae.commonly called bhokar,lasura,gonda,Indian cherry and shlesmataka.Plant parts such as leaves,fruit,bark and seed have been reported for possessing antidiabetic,antiulcer,anti-inflammatory,immune-modulator and analgesic activity.Screening of fruit,leaves and seed shows the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids,coumarins,flavonoids,saponins,lerpenes and sterols.Present review focuses on details of geographical distribution,physicochemical parameters,phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Cordia dichotoma reported so far.展开更多
文摘More than half of the world's population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents.Among them,Cordia dichotoma Forst.,a small to moderate size plant of family Boragenaceae.commonly called bhokar,lasura,gonda,Indian cherry and shlesmataka.Plant parts such as leaves,fruit,bark and seed have been reported for possessing antidiabetic,antiulcer,anti-inflammatory,immune-modulator and analgesic activity.Screening of fruit,leaves and seed shows the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids,coumarins,flavonoids,saponins,lerpenes and sterols.Present review focuses on details of geographical distribution,physicochemical parameters,phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Cordia dichotoma reported so far.
