S. Sumathi1*, R. Anuradha2
1Research Scholar, PG and Research Department of Biochemistry, Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust Women’s college, Mannargudi, Tamil nadu, India – 614 001.
2PG and Research Department of Biochemistry, Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust Women’s college, Mannargudi,Tamil nadu, India – 614 001.
*Corresponding author:
Prof. S. Sumathi
PG and Research Department of Biochemistry, Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust Women’s college, Mannargudi, Tamil nadu, India – 614 001.
Abstract
Medicinal plants have been used in virtually all cultures as a source of medicine. Assurance of the safety, quality, and efficacy of medicinal plants and herbal products has now become a key issue in industrialized and in developing countries. Whole plant of Couroupita guianensis keeps several biological activities such as the antimicrobial, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, anthelmintic, antiulcer, antioxidant, antipyretic, antiarthritic, immunomodulatory, antibacterial, antistress, antidiarrheal, insectidial, anxiolytic, hypolipidimic, ovicidal, antidepressant, antifertility, antibiofilm, neuropharamacological, woundhealing, vermicopositng, allopathic and hepatoprotective and antifertility activities. Furthermore, it has been extensively used in traditional medicines to treat varied ailments such gastritis, scabies, bleeding piles, dysentery, scorpion poison and many. Therefore, based on the above-mentioned deliberation, this article reviews the most updated information of the phytochemical properties and pharmacological effects of Couroupita guianensis, including its miscellaneous uses.
Keywords: Couroupita guianensis, hepatoprotective, antimicrobial activities, immunomodulatory activity