Abstract

REVIEW OF LODHRA (SYMPLOCOS RACEMOSA ROXB.) – ITS OTHER TYPES AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL

Lakshmikant Shukla*, Prabhanshu Gupta and Prajakta Korde

ABSTRACT

Lodhra is a very much presumed drug in Ayurveda with styptic and wound mending properties. It is demonstrated for different sicknesses like the runs, looseness of the bowels, draining heaps, epistaxis, menorrhagia, skin, eye, ear, liver illnesses and so forth. Aside from Ayurvedic old style messages, many present-day test review have likewise settled its pain relieving, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective, anti-androgenic, anticancer, hostile to asthmatic and so on exercises. Phytochemical concentrates on showed presence of two translucent alkaloids specifically, loturine 0.24%. Also, collutrine 0.02%, one non-translucent alkaloid – loturidine 0.06%, tannins and shading matter. Symplocos racemosa Roxb. Has a place with a unigeneric family Symplocaceae, known as lodhra in Sanskrit; is a little evergreen tree, tracked down all through the tropical and sub-tropical nations. Ethno botanical writing demonstrates utilization of S. racemosa in treatment of eye sickness, skin illnesses, ear illnesses, liver and gut objections, growths, uterine problems, elastic and draining gums, asthma, fever, snake-chomp, gonorrhea and joint pain. The primary point of this audit is to give definite phytopharmacological profile on S. racemosa in help with the customary practices and ethno medicinal utilizes. The primary point of this audit study is to give artistic and phytopharmacological profile of various sorts of Lodhra in help with the conventional practices and most recent explores.

Keywords: Lodhra, Symplocos racemosa Roxb. Sorts of Lodhra, Shabarlodhra, Pattikalodhra.