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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Ethno-pharmacology of Holarrhena antidysenterica wall. ex g. don. (Tewāj) in light of unani system of medicine
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Shayni Khan, Uzma Viquar, Md. Aftab Alam, Md. Sanaul Moin, Faiza Khatoon, Ahmed Minhajuddin
Abstract
Medicinal plants (millennia) are highly esteemed all over the world due to the effectiveness, low cost and minimal side-effects associated with drugs derived from them. Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. Ex G. Don. (Syn: Holarrhena pubescens Wall. Ex G. Don.) is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It is a shrub or a small tree commonly found in all part of the country. It is commended for the medicinal applications of its Bark, Seeds, and leaves in Unani System of Medicine. It is most widely used medicine in Unani for the treatment of dysentery and diarrhoea. It is known by different vernaculars in different parts of the country such as Kadvo-indarjou in Gujrati, Keor in Kashmir, Tita-indarjou in Bengali, Amkudu in Telgu, Erukkalaipalai in Tamil, and in English it is called Conesse bark or Tellicherry bark. Various phytochemical constituents have been isolated from Holarrhena antidysenterica in which coumarins, steroidal alkaloids, flavonoids, ergosterol, phenolic acids, resins, tannins, saponins, and triterpenoids are primary phytoconstituents. Conessine is the principal alkaloid of Tewāj, used as a therapeutic drug for the treatment of dysentery, and helminthic disorders. The plant also possesses various traditional pharmacological activities such as Antioxidant, Antibacterial, Antidiarrheal, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Antifertility, Analgesic, anti-urolithic, wound healing and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. This review explores the complete profile of Tewāj (Holarrhena antidysenterica) with the reference of Unani medicine.
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Pages:1133-1139
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Shayni Khan, Uzma Viquar, Md. Aftab Alam, Md. Sanaul Moin, Faiza Khatoon, Ahmed Minhajuddin "Ethno-pharmacology of <em>Holarrhena antidysenteric</em>a wall. ex g. don. (<em>Tewāj</em>) in light of unani system of medicine ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 1133-1139
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