Open AccessA review: Ethnobotanical survey of genus Leucas
Author(s) -
Surya Narayan Das,
V. J. Patro,
Subas Chandra Dinda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pharmacognosy reviews/bioinformatics trends/pharmacognosy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0973-7847
pISSN - 0973-6581
DOI - 10.4103/0973-7847.99943
Subject(s) - phytochemical , ethnobotany , traditional medicine , lamiaceae , leucas , genus , antimicrobial , biology , medicinal plants , medicine , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery
Plants of genus Leucas (Lamiaceae) are widely distributed throughout Asia, Africa, and India. The plant is used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases such as cough, cold, diarrhea, and inflammatory skin disorder. A variety of phytoconstituents have been isolated from the Leucas species, which include lignans, flavonoids, coumarins, steroids, terpenes, fatty acids, and aliphatic long-chain compounds. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-diarrheal, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and insecticidal activities have been reported in the extracts of these plants and their phytoconstituents. An overview of the ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological investigations on the Leucas species is presented in this review.