The Amazing Bamboo: A Review on its Medicinal and Pharmacological Potential
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Bamboo is a perennial plant found all over the Earth except alkaline soils, desert, and marsh. In recent years, focus on plant research has increased all over the world and evidence show immense potential of Bamboo as a medicinal plant which is used in various traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda. Bamboo as a herbal drugs have got extreme momentum in global health care systems. The beneficial therapeutic effect of bamboo is seen in their continued use and benefits which are proven scientifically where triterpenes and steroidal glycosides are identified as major phytoconstituents. The ethanomedical and pharmacological studies on bamboo such as anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anti ulcer, antifertility properties etc., are critically reassessed in this paper. Though the potential of Bamboo is varied, more research inputs are required for critically assured results.
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Shinomol George K
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