BUTEA MONOSPERMA: ETHANOMEDICINAL STUDIES AND PHARMACOLOGY: A REVIEW
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https://doi.org/10.56588/iabcd.v2i1.140Abstract
Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub (Syn Butea frondosa Family Fabaceae), also known as "palas" and "Flame of forest," is one of several natural crude medications used in traditional medicine that have the ability to treat a variety of diseases and ailments1. Butea monosperma is a tropical and subtropical climate tree that grows gregariously in woods, open grasslands, and wastelands in India's drier regions. It thrives in a broad range of soil types, including saline or wet soils, clay loams, shallow, gravelly locations, and black cotton soil. It is an upright, 12- to 15-meter-tall tree with a crooked trunk and uneven branches. Butea monosperma comes in a number of species all over the world. 3 foliate, big, and pointed leaves are present. Many components from Butea species, including amides, lactones, flavonoids, sterols, and alkaloids, have been identified. For products like feed, fuel, fibers, timber, gum or resin, dyestuff, and historically for a number of ailments, Butea monosperma is recognized as a trustworthy source. Pharmacologically, Butea monosperma has been linked to a number of effects, including anthelmintic, anticonvulsant, and anticonceptive4. anti-diabetic, anti-diarrheal, anti-estrogenic, anti-fertility, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-stress, chemopreventive, hemagglutinating, hepatoprotective, radical-scavenging, thyroid inhibitory, antiperoxidative, anti-hyperglycemic, and wound healing properties. The current review goes into great detail into the morphology, ethnobotany, phytochemical components, and traditional uses of each plant part, as well as the products made by the plant and the pharmacological functions of each plant part [7].
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