TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA: ETHNOBOTANY, PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY ASPECTS
AbstractTinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers, (Guduchi) is an evergreen perennial climber. This deciduous and dioecious plant belongs to the family Menispermaceae. It is a plant of significant medicinal importance in the Indian system and designated as Rasayana. Its efficacy has been also recognized by the modern system of medicine. The whole plant is used medicinally however; the stem is approved for use in medicine. This is due to higher alkaloid content in the stems than in the leaves. This plant has been known to possess immunomodulatory, hypoglycaemic, antioxidant, anti-hyperglycaemic, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, diabetes mel
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IJPSR
Namrta Choudhary*, M.B. Siddiqui , Shazia Azmat and Sayyada Khatoon
Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
choudharynamrta@gmail.com
25 November, 2012
21 January, 2013
23 February, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(3).891-99
01 March, 2013
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