Open AccessPharmacological activities of Coconut in Metabolic Diseases: A Review
Author(s) -
Pulukkunadu Thekkeveedu Roshni,
Bansod Shubhechha,
A Shinde Urmila,
Akotkar Likhi,
Kulkarni Vaishnavi,
S Deshmukh Snehal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of phytopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-480X
DOI - 10.31254/phyto.2021.10608
Subject(s) - cocos nucifera , traditional medicine , phytochemical , arecaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , toxicology , palm , botany , physics , quantum mechanics
Cocos nucifera (L.), (C. nucifera) Arecaceae, also called the coconut tree, is probably the widely most extensively dispersed fruit plant and supplies all the necessities of life. It is an important economic plant that feeds a million people. All the parts of coconut plant are extensively used for religious practices, culinary purposes, for making household equipment’s and is also used as traditional medicine. The goal of the review is to provide an insight into its phytochemical profile and its therapeutic potential in metabolic diseases. The plant as a whole possess plethora of uses such as, neuroprotective activity, antidiabetic activity, anticancer activity, antihypertensive and lipid lowering activity. Various study reports its safety in preclinical and clinical setup.