Abstract

APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA (WALL.) PARKER, PHYTOCHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND MEDICINAL USES: AN OVERVIEW

Abhay Prakash Mishra*, Sarla Saklani , Subhash Chandra , Abhishek Mathur ,Luigi Milella , Priyanka Tiwari 

ABSTRACT

Several medicinal plants, traditionally used for thousands of years, are present in a group of herbal preparations of the Indian traditional health care system and extensive research has been carried out from past decades to discover potential constituents from plant sources. Among the medicinal plants used for their therapeutic (action) effect in Ayurvedic Rasayana, one of them i.e. Aphanamixis polystachya has renowned status and has been thoroughly investigated. In India and in other Asian countries it is used as traditional medicinal plant. It belongs to Meliaceae family. The plant was studied in most of the world because of its high potential medicinal value. It is widely used in traditional medicine for the variety of ailments like antihelmentic, hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, antirheumatism and spleen diseases. This review covers detailed ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and bioactivities of Aphanamixis polystachya. A number of recently isolated active compounds including lipids, glycosides and saponins have also been described in the paper.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Ethanomedicine, Harin-Hara, Meliaceae, Traditional classification.