Abstract

AN OVERVIEW ON COMMIPHORA WIGHTII (ARN.)BHANDARI, AN ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES OF BURSERACEAE FAMILY

*N. Shweta and Illa Patel

ABSTRACT

Comiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari is a medicinally important plant which is now considered an endangered species. This paper is an overview of the details of this plant, i.e its occurrence, botanical description, its medicinal uses, its phytochemistry and its conservation strategies both by invivo and invitro techniques that have been carried out so far in the world.

Keywords: Commiphora wightii, conservation, guggalsterones, invivo technique, invitro technique, phytochemistry.