AN OVERVIEW OF BUTEA MONOSPERMA (FLAME OF FOREST)
Apte Madhavi*
ABSTRACT
Since ancient times plants are used for their medicinal and cosmetic
properties. India has well-recorded and well practiced knowledge of
traditional herbal medicine. India has a centuries old system of
medicine which has its own systematic information on drugs, their
formulation and their use in humans, called the Ayurvedic system and
also other traditional systems like Siddha and Unani. There has been
worldwide renewal of interest in herbal system of medicines. Side
effects of allopathic drugs have scared people all over the world and
there is a consorted effort to find an alternative therapeutic method.
Butea monosperma (Lam.) (Fabaceae) popularly known as ‘flame of
the forest’ has been widely used in the traditional Indian medical
system of ‘Ayurveda’ for the treatment of a variety of ailments
including liver disorders. In this review phytochemistry and pharmacological potential of the
Plant Butea monosperma is discussed in brief.
Keywords: Butea monosperma, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology.
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