PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA (LYTHRACEAE) EXTRACTS: A REVIEW
AbstractLagerstroemia speciosa, commonly known as jarul, is one of those precious medicinal herbs of Lythraceae that are still included in un-utilized herbs in spite of the variety of useful pharmacological properties it possesses. Extracts of Lagerstroemia speciosa have anti-diabetic, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, xanthine-oxidase inhibitors, antibacterial, antiviral, cytotoxic, anti-fibrotic, antinociceptive, antidiarrhoeal and other activities. Here, we have reviewed all the reported phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of the plant and its phytoconstituents.
Article Information
1
1-09
886
910
English
IJLSR
P. R. Dash*, S. S. Lamia, F. Khan, S. H. Sarah and S. S. Islam
Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
pritesh.ju@gmail.com
08 November 2017
08 November 2017
04 December 2017
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJLSR.4(1).1-09
01 January 2018
Download