Abstract

EUPHORBIA HIRTA (LINN) - PHYTOCHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL USES: A REVIEW

Kartik Lonkar*, Prof. Gauri Patil

Abstract

Euphorbiaceae is the family of Euphorbia hirta. It is dispersed all over the Indo-Pak subcontinent, generally found in waste places along the roadsides The plant parts are generally used in traditional system of medicines, in the treatment of respiratory disorder, gastrointestinal disorders, wound healing infection, pulmonary disorders, urogenital infection, tumors, lactation in women etc. The synthetic drugs used now are more vulnerable to cause side effects than curing the disease. Hence, the use of plant extract has now developed due to their effective action against the disease without causing any side effects. The plant has furthermore been used as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, antidiabetic and free radical scavenging, anti-allergic, analgesic and antianaphylactic, anxiolytic, sedative, antiarthritic, antidiarrhoeal, spasmogenic, diuretic, GI tract, burn wound healing, immune stimulatory, sperm motility, genotoxic, antiviral, anthelmintic, immunoprophylactic, antimalarial, herbicidal, larvicidal possession along with others. The aim of contemporary ethno pharmaceutical documentation on this medicinal plant was to heap up the massive amount of fresh information of scientific research and reports available in different features that proves its involvement in pharmacology. In this report we inspect study linked to taxonomy, monographs, distribution, morphology, phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmacological uses of the plant.

Keywords: Euphorbia Hirta, Pharmacology, Phytochemistry, Anti-oxidant.