Title: PLANT PROFILE, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF GARCINIA INDICA: A REVIEW
Abstract: More than half of the world’s population relies on traditional medicine for immediate as well as long term relief from disorders and diseases, and a major role played in traditional medicine is by plant extracts with their active constituents. Various plants have been identified to possess medicinal properties in various parts namely, leaves, fruits, seeds, bark and roots. Among them, Garcinia indica, a small to moderate size plant belonging to the Clusiaceae family or Guttiferae, according to the old classification, has approximately 1350 species. Plant parts such as leaves, fruit and seed have been reported for possessing anticancer, antiulcer, antioxidative, antiglycation and antitumor activity. Screening of fruits and seeds has shown the presence of Garcinol, anthocyanins and hydroxycitric acid. The present review focuses on details of geographical distribution, physiochemical parameters, phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Garcinia indica reported so far.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Language: en
Type: review
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