Abstract

LIMNOPHILA (SCROPHULARIACEAE): CHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Rajiv Roy, Shyamal K. Jash, Raj K. Singh and Dilip Gorai

Abstract

The present resume covers an up-to-date and detailed literature on Limnophila species (family: Scrophulariaceae) and the botanical classification, ethno-pharmacology, chemical constituents as well as the biological activities and pharmacological applications of both isolated phytochemicals and plant extracts. There are about forty plant species belonging to this genus. Various classes of chemical constituents like flavonoids, terpenoids, amino acids etc. have been reported from the genus. Crude plant extracts and the isolated chemical constituents exhibited different biological activities such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, cytotoxic, wound healing, hypotensive activity etc. The review covers literature upto September, 2014 enlisting 131 chemical constituents and citing 88 references.

Keywords: Biological activity, Chemical constituents, Ethno-pharmacology, Limnophila Genus, Taxonomical classification.