Abstract

VALIDATION OF THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF CASSIA TORA LINN. THROUGH REVERSE PHARMACOLOGY

Kumar Arun*, Mishra H. S., Agarwal Ajay, Ojha S. K. and Chaudhary Satya Prakash

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Abstract

Cassia tora Linn. is a small annual herbs or undershrub growing commonly in Asian countries specially in south east asia. It is found as a weed through India. This plant has been used in several therapeutic formulations in Ancient texts of Ayurveda like Charak samhita, Susruta samhita, Ashtang hridaya and also in many Nighantu texts in the treatment of various skin and other diseases. Its seeds and leaves have been indicated for preparation of therapeutic formulations as well as used as single drug formulation. Leaves are cooked as vegetable C. tora is also being used for treatment purposes in various local health traditions. In pharmacological screening studies, herb has been shown to possess anti-proliferative, hypo-lipidaemic, immuno-stimulatory, anti-cancerous, anti-mutagenic and hepatoprotective activity. Present article is an attempt towards validation of pharmacological properties and therapeutic indication of C. tora described in ancient texts of Ayurveda by evidences gathered in different pharmacological studies published in different journals.

Keywords: Ayurveda Cassia tora, skin disease, pharmacological properties, Reverse Pharmacology.