Abstract

A REVIEW ON GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR. (SOYBEAN)

P. Kanchana*, M. Lakshmi Santha, K. Dilip Raja

ABSTRACT

Alterative medication and natural remedies have been used from ancient time for the treatment and wellbeing of human. Medicinal plants are considered to be effective and for most important for the above purposes. The Mother Nature has provided us with a huge count of flora and fauna. Some of the natural medicinal plants are so common that we use them in daily life without knowing their medicinal importance. Glycine max (L.) Merr is the best example of it. The plant is commonly known as soy bean which is eatable. Bruised leaves applied to snake bites, Flowers used for blindness and corneal opacities. Green bean hulls chewed to a pulp are applied to smallpox ulcers, corneal ulcers and excoriations in children from urine, dried sprouts believed to be beneficial for hair growth and curative for ascites and rheumatism. This review article is a sincere effort to put forward the medicinal importance and chemical detail about the plant.

Keywords: Glycine max, soy bean, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry.