Abstract

A REVIEW ON ALEURITES MOLUCCANA

Kaur Dilpreet*, Kaur Amandeep and Kaur Jaswinder

ABSTRACT

Aleurites moluccana is a wild ornamental tree belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae which include 300 genra and 7000 species. It has a large spreading crown along with irregular branches. It occurs in tropical and subtropical regions. The plant is native to Indonesia with wide distribution throughout the tropics. Almost all parts of the plant are used as tradition medicine for the treatment of various ailments like ulcers, headache, fever, diarrhea and hypocholesterolemia and many more. The oil extracted from seeds has been used as a strong irritant and laxative similar to castor oil. Aleurites moluccana also contains natural phytoconstituents like triterpenes, steroids, alkaloids, hydrocarbons, coumarins and flavonoid glycosides along with their structure elucidation and due to the presence of such phytocontituents, Aleurites moluccana is known to exhibit anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-nociceptive, hypolipidaemic and wound healing activities. The purpose of this review is to provide the complete data including morphology, distribution, phytochemistry, traditional uses & pharmacological activities.

Keywords: Aleurites moluccana, classification, morphology, distribution, phytoconstituents, traditional use, pharmacological activities.