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PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDIES AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF CROSSANDRA INFUNDIBULIFORMIS –A REVIEW

P. Hari Vishva*, M. Vanitha, C. Jothimanivannan, S. Ganesan, A. Abdul Azim and K. Gokulnath

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Abstract

Crossandra Infundibuliformis plant is very well known for its therapeutics benefits in Indian systems of medicine including Ayurveda and Siddha and in other forms of traditional medicine worldwide for the treatment of several ailments. It observed that many traditional utilities of Crossandra Infundibuliformis got their authentication when tested using different disease-based pharmacological models taking various extracts of roots, leaves, and stem as test samples. Our review article focusses to Pharmacological studies, phytochemical screening pharmacological activites are hepatoprotective, anti-bacterial, anti-mycobacterial, anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic, anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-oxidant, anti-solar, anti-fungal, insectidial, aphrodisiac, anti-arthritic, anticandidal, anti-hyperlipidemic, anthelmentic, anti-cancer. This article can give potential research areas to explore next, and to formulate new formulation in allopathy and some traditional medicine system.

Keywords: Crossandra Infundibuliformis, Antisolar, Aphrodisiac, Antidiabetic, Anticancer, Antiulcer.