Tamarindus indica (Imley bark) Ethnobotany Phytochemistry and Pharmacology

Singh Dinesh

Millennium College Of Pharmacy, Bhopal, India, 462010

ABSTRACT

Traditional medicine has maintained its popularity in a number of Asian countries such as China, India, Japan and Pakistan. Medicinal plants are the oldest known health care products. Their importance is still growing. In most cases, biologically active compounds in Chinese medicine or herbal medicine have not been determined. Therefore, it is important to use the phytochemical methods to screen and analyze bioactive components, not only for the quality control of crude drugs, but also for the elucidation of their therapeutic mechanisms. Modern pharmacological studies indicate that binding to receptors or ion channels on cell membranes is the first step of some drug actions. So that this article contains the mathadology and there results of phytochemical screening of Tamarindus indica.

Keywords: Phytochemistry, refractive index, Alkaloids