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Calotropis gigantea R .Br. (Asclepiadaceae): A Review.
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UPLOADED BY-ADMIN, ASHOK H. BARIA, RAKESH P. PATEL
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The present review article is an effort to compile all the phytochemical and pharmacological activities of the plant Calotropis
gigantea (Asclepiadaceae). Plants have been utilized as medicines for thousands of years and now there is a growing
demand for plant based medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Calotropis gigantea is a widely growing
plant which is used traditionally as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-oxidant, anti-convulsant and antidiarrhoeal
agent. Several phytoconstituents have been isolated and identified from different parts of the plant belonging to
the category of alkaloids, glycosides, flavanols, tannins, saponins, sterols and triterpenoids. A review of chemical constituents
present and their pharmacological activities are given in the present article.
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Calotropis gigantea, Asclepiadaceae, pharmacological activities, phytochemical constituents.
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