Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Tinospora cordifolia: A Review
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Prashant Tiwari*, Puravi Nayak, Shakti Ketan Prusty, Pratap Kumar Sahu
The use of indigenous drug industry in India has been widely expanded in recent years. Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi)belonging to family Menisper-maceaehas a wide array of bioactive principlesin exploring nutraceuticals from plant materials. It is a versatile resource for all forms of life and can be an alternative for synthetic drugs considering their adverse effects and also for economic purposes.T. cordifolia is considered as an important herbal drug of Indian System of Medicines (ISM). The herb is known for its therapeutic efficacy and used in treatment of dyspepsia, diabetes, fever, urinary problems, jaundice, chronic diarrhoea, cardiac disease, dysentry, helmenthiasis, skin diseases, leprosy and many more diseases. Present review highlights the classical anti-toxin, anti diabetic, anticancer, immuno-modulatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, hepato-protective activity of Guduchiand their validation throughexisting literature. The plant is reported to contain alkaloids, glycosides, steroids and terpenoids. The current study is under-taken to explore and establish the phytochemistry and pharmacological activity of T. cordifolia.
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