A REVIEW ON MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF Murraya koenigii
Keywords:
Murraya koenigii, Ayurvedic, Medicinal PropertyAbstract
Since long period of time, developing countries have been using medicinal plants or their bioactive compounds in their primary and traditional healthcare systems. The current review is an attempt to provide traditional uses and pharmacological properties of one of the important ayurvedic plant and its treatment in various types of ailments. Murraya koenigii, a medicinally important herb from particularly Asian origin, has a wide variety of therapeutic uses in many ancient systems of medicine, including Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. A variety of active phytoconstituents containing significant essential oils have been isolated and characterised from different parts of plant. It is anti-microbial, anti-cancerous, anti -inflammatory, anti-oxidant and also shown anti-diabetic potentialReferences
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perfused frog heart, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology., 2006; 44(6): 481-484.
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experimental animals, Journal of Natural Product and Plant Resourse., 2011; 1(1), 65-69.
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N.C. Phytochemical portfolio and anticancer activity of Murraya koenigii and its primary active
component, mahanine. Pharmacol. Res. 2018; 129:227–236.
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