REVIEW ON INVIVO AND INVITRO STUDIES ON THE PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF MUSA SPECIES
Jini Joseph*, Sindhu T J, Girly Vincent, David Paul, B Dinesh Kumar, AR Bhat, K Krishakumar
ABSTRACT
Musa species, commonly known as banana, is one of the valuable plant
species having a number of pharmacological activities. All parts of the
plant including fruits, stem, leaves and flowers are used for
itsnutritional as well as therapeutic effect. Studies shows that Musa
species having various activities like ulcer protective activity,
immunomodulatory potential, anthelmintic activity, Anti-diabetic
activity, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti cancer and anti HIV activity.
The aim of this article is to review invivo and invitro pharmacological
studies of Musa species. This review helps to explore the medicinal
value of Musa species for the initiation of further extensive research on
other possible biological activities as well as for the development of
new generic drugs for the better treatment of uncontrolled diseases.
Keywords: Musa species, pharmacological activity, in vivo and in vitro studies.
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