Phytochemistry, pharmacological, medicinal significance of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (Jackfruit)

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. is commonly known as Jackfruit belonging to the family moraceae, a tropical climatic fruit native Western ghat of India and common in Asia, Africa, some region South America. The various parts this tree including bark, leaves, fruits, seeds have wide range medicinal properties. It used numerous traditional systems medicine treat vast diseases. Various studies shown that jackfruits possess antioxidant, anti- inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer activity. phytochemical found it contains flavonoids, sterols, prenyl flavones which contributes pharmacological Culinary uses include jam, wine, chips, pickle leather. Even has several benefits, unfortunately, underutilized at commercial scale within those regions where grown. This review paper towards properties, effects, significance jackfruit.