Abstract

Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar

Plants have been an important source of medicines since the beginning of cultivation. There is a growing demand for plant-based medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics etc. Bombax ceiba Linn. (Bombacaceae) is a tall tree buttressed at the base that is widely distributed throughout India, Ceylon and Malaya, upto 1500 m of altitude. Many parts of the plant (root, stem bark, gum, leaf, prickles, flower, fruit, seed and heartwood) are used by various tribal communities and forest dwellers for the treatment of a variety of ailments. The plant literature survey shows the plant possesses astringent, cooling, stimulant, diuretic, aphrodisiac, demulcent and tonic effects and also helps in dysentery. It also possesses important pharmacological activity such as aphrodisiac, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity in addition to anticancer and anti-HIV activity, anti-Helicobacter pylori, antiangiogenic, analgesic and antioxidant activity and hypotensive, hypoglycemic and antimicrobial activity. It is reported to contain important phytoconstituents such as naphthol, naphthoquinones, polysaccharides, anthocyanins, shamimin and lupeol.

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Pubmed Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. SRP. 2019; 10(1): 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 Web Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. http://www.sysrevpharm.org/?mno=302644530 [Access: March 28, 2021]. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 AMA (American Medical Association) Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. SRP. 2019; 10(1): 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 Vancouver/ICMJE Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. SRP. (2019), [cited March 28, 2021]; 10(1): 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 Harvard Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar (2019) Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. SRP, 10 (1), 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 Turabian Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. 2019. Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy, 10 (1), 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 Chicago Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. "Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba." Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 10 (2019), 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar. "Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba." Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 10.1 (2019), 20-25. Print. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4 APA (American Psychological Association) Style Pankaj Haribhau Chaudhary, Mukund Ganeshrao Tawar (2019) Pharmacognostic and Phytopharmacological Overview on Bombax ceiba. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy, 10 (1), 20-25. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.1.4