Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka): A Review of its Chemical, Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Properties

نویسندگان

  • Subha Rastogi
  • Dinesh K. Kulshreshtha
  • Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat
چکیده

Streblus asper Lour is a small tree found in tropical countries, such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Various parts of this plant are used in Ayurveda and other folk medicines for the treatment of different ailments such as filariasis, leprosy, toothache, diarrhea, dysentery and cancer. Research carried out using different in vitro and in vivo techniques of biological evaluation support most of these claims. This review presents the botany, chemistry, traditional uses and pharmacology of this medicinal plant.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

دوره 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006