Abstract

A REVIEW ON: PHYTOCHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL USES OF TAMARINDUS INDICA L.

Bibekananda Meher, *Deepak Kumar Dash, Anupama Roy

ABSTRACT

Currently there has been an increased interest globally to identify plants and explore there therapeutic potential. As because drugs which obtained from nature pharmacologically potent and have low or no side effects for use in preventive medicine and the food industry. They represent a potential source of new compounds with different pharmacological activity. Traditional herbal medicines form an important part of the healthcare system of India. Ayurveda, supposed to be the oldest medical system in the world, provides potential leads to find active and therapeutically useful compounds from plants. Considering the growing interest in the field of plant drugs assessing different pharmacological activity. In this review we have discussed about the therapeutic potential and chemical constituents Tamarindus indica. It is available all over the country. Tamarindus indica is having some reported activities like antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective and antimicrobial properties. This plant is consumed by rural people as vegetable

Keywords: Tamarindus indica, antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective and antimicrobial.