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A review on Cissus quadrangularis L. as herbal medicine

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Title A review on Cissus quadrangularis L. as herbal medicine
 
Creator Rex, Camil M
Ravi, Lokesh
 
Subject Antimicrobial
Antioxidant
Antiulcer
Bone healing
Cissus quadrangularis
Phytochemical composition
 
Description 155-164
Cissus quadrangularis L. is a fleshy plant found in major parts of the world, especially in Asia, Africa, and a few other warm tropical regions. It is one of the common food items in India. Ayurveda uses the whole plant for digestive aid (Pachana) and directed as palliative and roborant. C. quadrangularis also serves as a good source of triterpenoids ascorbic acid, carotenoids, flavonoids, and steroids. C. quadrangularis is also used for various treatments like fracture healing, anti-ulcer, antihelmintic, antifungal, antihemorrhoidal, analgesic, antibacterial properties, etc. It also serves in the best way to treat various infirmities such as hemorrhoids, leprosy, epilepsy, dyspepsia, skin burns, dysentery, bowel complaints, to increase appetite, etc. This article throws light on various recent knowledge of scientific research in various aspects of this plant, which mainly incorporate remarkable pharmacological activities such as anti-ulcer, anti-bacterial, anxiolytic, antipyretic, antidiabetic, bone healing, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and phytochemicals studies.
 
Date 2020-11-03T06:44:57Z
2020-11-03T06:44:57Z
2020-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/55610
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. cl. (2015.01)- A61K 36/00, A61K 36/87
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.11(3) [September 2020]