Open AccessAn insight into medicinal and ethnopharmacological potential of Crotalaria burhia
Author(s) -
Saboon,
Yamin Bibi,
Muhammad Arshad,
Nabeela Ahmad,
Iqra Riaz,
Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60826-x
Subject(s) - phytochemical , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , medicine , antimicrobial , polyphenol , rheumatism , fabaceae , biology , botany , antioxidant , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Crotalaria burhia Buch.-Ham. (C. burhia) (Fabaceae), is an undershurb found distributed\udin arid parts of the world. It extensively grows in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. It is a\udhighly medicinal plant. The leaves, branches and roots can be used as a cooling medicine.\udPlant juice is useful for treatments of gout, eczema, hydrophobia, pain and swellings,\udwounds and cuts, infection, kidney pain, abdominal problems, rheumatism and joint pain in\udtraditional medicine system. The medicinal activity is the result of the presence of various\udimportant phytochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, polyphenols, tannins, steroids,\udtriterpenoids, anthraquinones, crotalarine, monocrotaline, croburhine, crosemperine, quercetins\udand β-sitosterol. C. burhia is also known to possess antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and\udantinociceptive activities, which supports its traditional uses. In this article, a comprehensive\udaccount of phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities is presented along with\udtraditional uses of C. burhia