Plant profile,phytochemistry and pharmacology of Cordia dichotoma(Indian cherry):A review  

作　　者：Prasad G.Jamkhande Sonal R.Barde Shailesh L.Patwekar Priti S.Tidke 

机构地区：[1]Department of Pharmacology,School of Pharmacy,S.R.T.M.University [2]Department of Pharmacology,R.C.Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research

出　　处：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》2013年第12期1009-1016,共8页亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：More than half of the world's population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents.Among them,Cordia dichotoma Forst.,a small to moderate size plant of family Boragenaceae.commonly called bhokar,lasura,gonda,Indian cherry and shlesmataka.Plant parts such as leaves,fruit,bark and seed have been reported for possessing antidiabetic,antiulcer,anti-inflammatory,immune-modulator and analgesic activity.Screening of fruit,leaves and seed shows the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids,coumarins,flavonoids,saponins,lerpenes and sterols.Present review focuses on details of geographical distribution,physicochemical parameters,phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Cordia dichotoma reported so far.More than half of the world’s population relies on the traditional medicine and major role of the traditional medicine including the use of plant extract and their active constituents.Among them,Cordia dichotoma Forst.,a small to moderate size plant of family Boragenaceae.commonly called bhokar,lasura,gonda,Indian cherry and shlesmataka.Plant parts such as leaves,fruit,bark and seed have been reported for possessing antidiabetic,antiulcer,anti-inflammatory,immune-modulator and analgesic activity.Screening of fruit,leaves and seed shows the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids,coumarins,flavonoids,saponins,lerpenes and sterols.Present review focuses on details of geographical distribution,physicochemical parameters,phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Cordia dichotoma reported so far.

关 键 词：CORDIA dichotoma Cytotoxic Β-SITOSTEROL INDIAN CHERRY Diabetes PHARMACOLOGY 

分 类 号：R285[医药卫生—中药学]