ON EFFECTIVE MEDICINAL HERB- BRYOPHYLLAM PINNATUM-A

Bains Raman ², Niazi Junaid ³, Kaur Narinderpal ^*1

School of Pharmacy & Emerging Sciences, Baddi University, Himachal Pradesh India.

ABSTRACT

Bryophyllum pinnatum is used in folk medicine in tropical Africa, tropical America, India, China, and Australia. It contains a wide range of active compounds, including alkaloids, triterpenes, glycosides, flavonoids, steroids, bufadienolides, lipids and organic acids. It is widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of variety of ailments like anthelmentic, immune suppressive, hepato-protective, anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic, nephron-protective, anti-oxidant activity, anti-microbial activity, analgesic, anti-convulsant, neuro pharmacological and anti-pyretic. It is well known for its haemo-static and wound healing properties. This review focus on folk occurrence and the wide phytochemical and pharmacological activities of Bryophyllum pinnatum.

Keywords: Alkaloids, Bufadienolides, Flavonoids, immunomodulator.