Helicanthes elasticus (Desr.) Danser: Its Pharmacological Potentials and New Prospects

Helicanthes elasticus (Desr.) Danser is a member of family Loranthaceae which found widely growing on mango trees in southern India. Alkaloids, carbohydrate, steroids, tannins, saponins, phenols, flavonoids and triterpenoids are mainly believed to be responsible for its wide therapeutic actions. It known possess medicinal activities such as antimicrobial activity, immunomodulatory hepatoprotective, antioxidant, anti diabetic, diuretic natriuretic cytotoxicity (anti-tumour activity), anti-asthmatic anti-anaphylactic, anti-arthritic, anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, urolithiatic nephroprotective activity. In this work information concerning pharmacological possessed by different parts has been keenly observed summarized.