Leucas zeylanica is a Bangladeshi plant with significant medicinal prospect: A review
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چکیده
Leucas zeylanica is one of the most precious gifts nature to entire civilization. It offers folkloric system a dependable option heal numerous diseases like- burning urination, toothaches, common skin diseases, gout, inflammatory conditions, rheumatic abdominal pain, worms, anorexia, colic, flatulence, etc. Many these ancient practices have got their scientific resemblances using as an agent for treating pains, oxidative stresses, microbial infections, sleep disorders, inflammations, gout associated thrombosis and sunlight related damages. Some researchers also isolated huge bunch vital phytochemicals torosaflavone A, drymariatin C, daidzein, luteolin 3′,4′-dimethyl ether, apigenin, tricin, chrysoeriol, linarigenin, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, hexadecanoic acid, octadecanoic 9,12,15- octadecatrienoic farnesene, β-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, phytol, β-cubebene, α-selinene, α-tocopherol from different crude extracts zeylanica. Making proper correlation between phytoconstituents with general utilizations this plant will assist scientists develop auspicious lead compounds. This review covers summary ethnomedicinal, phytochemical biological studies several preparations
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عنوان ژورنال: GSC biological and pharmaceutical sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2581-3250']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2021.16.1.0184