Pavonia odorata- An Overview of Traditional, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies

Medicinal plants are of great use in sustaining human health. The plant Pavonia odorata commonly called as fragrant swamp mallow,sugandhabala belonging to family Malvaceae is used traditionally for the treatment of haemorrhage, inflammation, fever, urinarydisorders etc in traditional and alternative systems of medicine. The plant was known to contain sesquiterpene alcohol panonenol.The review article describes various pharmacological studies conducted on the plant species. Apart from that, molecular dockingstudies performed, and studies carried out in Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicine on this plant species are also discussed in themanuscript. The study indicates that the plant has undergone fewer phytochemical studies, needs to be explored further.