Phytochemical And Biological Importance of Boerhavia diffusa: A Plant of Ethnopharmacological knowledge

Abstract: Boerhavia diffusa (BD) and its other species have been assembled in this paper due to their enormous medicinal properties which hold tremendous influence on disease burden and affordability of health care. This paper enlightens mostly on the root part of this plant along with a number of bioactive rotenoid compounds and isolation of rotenoids from the roots of Boerhavia diffusa including traditional and recent advanced methods. The plant in whole has a numerous medicinal properties like anti-stress, hepatoprotective, anti-oxidant, anticonsulvant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic etc. This paper explains the evidence based information on the plant morphology, phytochemical constituents (rotenoids) and its biological activities.