Phytochemical Studies on Terminalia Arjuna Root
Journal Title: International journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
To cure human diseases, medicinal plants have been a major source of therapeutic agents since ancient time. Terminalia arjuna is one kind of widely used medicinal plant throughout India and used in various indigenous system of medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. This plant has been reported to contain active constituents including arjunolic acid, Gallic acid, terminic acid, pyrocatechols, β-Sitosterol, calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper etc. which proved to be effective pharmacological agents as antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, antiacne, antihelmintic, antiinflammatory, anticholinesterase, antioxidant, antiasthmatic as well as wound healing, cardioprotective and insecticidal activities. It is considered to be an ideal agent for treating cancer, coronary artery disease, hypertension and ischemic cardiomyopathy. The present study is therefore an effort to give detailed information on phytochemical studies of T. arjuna root.
Authors and Affiliations
R. Ramesh
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP241970
- DOI -
- Views 89
- Downloads 0
Approximate Entropy as a Measure of Cognitive Fatigue: An EEG Pilot Study
Nonlinear analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) activity can provide a better understanding of brain signal dynamics during cognitive fatigue. The aim of this study was to analyse the regularity of EEG time series of he...
Evaluation of Green Marketing Strategies in FMCG Segment
Going green, green economy or the green movement has gained massive popularity globally over the past several years and its influence has spread across just about FMCG industry. Being “green” helps preserve and sustain s...
Feature Selection using Clustering Algorithms: FAST and LUFS
Feature selection is used to reduce the number of features in many applications where hundreds or thousands of features are present in data. Many feature selection methods are proposed which mainly focus on finding relev...
Radio Frequency Ablation - The Magic treatment for Osteoid Osteoma
Osteoid osteoma is a relatively common benign bone tumour, always small in size (less than 2 cm) and painful. It occurs mainly in children and young adults. The basic radiological element is a distinctive small rounded a...
Synthesis of Novel Pyrazole Derivatives by Vilsemeier Haack Reaction
A series of substituted carboxylic acid hydrazides on reaction with substituted acetophenone gave corresponding hydrazones which on Vilsmeier- Haack reaction resulted in corresponding formyl pyrazoles. The structures of...