Abstract

AN IMPORTANT ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANT OROXYLUM INDICUM (L) VENT

*Shweta S. Saboo, Rani.W. Chavan.G.G.Tapadiya, S.S.Khadabadi

Abstract

Herbal drugs constitute a major share of all the officially recognized systems of health in India. More than 70% of India’s 1.1 billion population still use these non-allopathic systems of medicine .The usage of herbs to treat a variety of different ailments is universal, and exists in every human culture on Earth different Ethno medicinally important plant are available in our surrounding which having lot’s of medicinal importance .in this paper we are focusing on importance of Oroxylum indicum (L) Vent Family Bignoniaceae syn Bignonia indica L .Oroxylum indicum (L) Vent Ethnobotinical it’s reported as a good rheumatism pain and enlarged spleen, cough, bronchitis, piles, jaundice dyspepsia, smallpox, colic, leucoderma, pharngodymia, cardiac disorders, gastropathy, hemorrhoids and cholera, arthritis .It is distributed tropical areas, Oroxylum indicum (L) Vent manly cultivated by seedling and propagation. In this paper we are also discussing about morphological character of Leaves, Flowers , Habit , Diagnostic characters .chemically also it’s very enriched plant the number of Chemical constituents like flavonoids, phenolics, tannins, Chrysin, Oroxylin A, Baicalein , lapachol , baicalein , quercetin , kaempferol , quercetin-3-O-ara-binopyranoside, scientifically this plant is reported as good antimutagenicActivity, antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity, vitro antihyperglycemic activity, antifungal, anti inflammatory, anti cancerous.

Keywords: Oroxylum indicum (L) Vent antimicrobial activity, antitumor activity, hepatoprotective activity.