Phytochemistry and pharmacological studies of Plumbago zeylanica L.: a medicinal plant review

Clinical Phytoscience

Poonam Kushwaha¹  Babita Shukla¹  Sumedha Saxena¹  Shazia Usmani¹ 

[1] Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, India;

关键词: Plumbago zeylinica;    Plumbagin;    Antioxidant;    Antimicrobial;    Wound healing;    Anticancer;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40816-021-00271-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Plumbago zeylanica L. (Plumbaginaceae) commonly known, as chitrak is pharmacologically important plant. Various studies have been undertaken to assess the pharmacological potential of different parts of the plant namely like roots, stem, flower, and leaves as antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, anticancer, antifertility, antiulcer, antifungal and wound healing. The intention of the present review is to deliver a concise account on its ethnobotanical uses, phytochemistry with an in-depth study of its phytoconstituents, facts and prospects of its potential pharmacological activities of this golden plant. An extensive literature survey was undertaken through different online platforms viz. Google Scholar and online databases namely PubMed, Science Direct and Springer. All papers based on traditional medicinal uses and pharmacological properties were included. Sixty three research articles and review articles were found to be apt for inclusion into the review. About 150 articles were retrieved for the purpose. The elaborative results vindicated that Plumbago zeylanica L. holds significant prospects in major health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, ulcer, liver problems, obesity, wound healing, cancer etc.

【 授权许可】

CC BY