A Review on Potentilla fulgens (Wall. Ex Hook) and its pharmacological efficacy

Potentilla fulgens (Wall.) ex Hook (Rosaceae) is an alpine medicinal plant that found in the Western Himalayas region and its whole parts are consumed all over world as a potent source of therapeutic constituents. Traditionally this frequently used by tribals their various products also uses common peoples for caring diseases especially pyorrhea. The P. different extracts have variety active phytochemicals such polyphenol, triterpenoids, flavonoids, triterpenes, potentene-A (30-methyl-17α-hypan-12-ene-3 one), Potentene-B (3-O-β-D-gluconopyranosyl-(1,2)-β-D-gluconopyranosyl hopan-12-eno-11-oxo-28oic acid, novel bioflavonoid potifulgene (Epiafzelchin-6-O-8” epiafzelchin), epicatechin compound. Pharmacologically control critical infectious diseases. This review literature revealed can be antioxidants, anthelmintic, anticancerous, antihyperglycemic or hypoglycemic, antitumor, molluscicides. It propagates approach towards new researches how phytochemical act at molecular level organisms.