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Anupam Maurya ¹, Subash C. Verma ¹, A. Jayanthy ¹, M. B. Shankar ¹, Rajeev Kr. Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (PCIM & H), PLIM Campus, Ghaziabad-201002, IN

Abstract

Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) is genus of very diverse flowering trees, which is produced hard and durable heartwood and an important eucalyptol essential oil. Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith leaf is the important source of Eucalyptus oil, which is used as a pharmaceutical, antiseptic, repellent, flavoring and fragrance. The oil comprised of mainly monoterpene like α-pinene and 1,8-cineole as major constituents. Apart from essential oil, the leaf is also reported to presence of various non-volatile phytoconstituents viz; acyl phloroglucinol derivatives, triterpenoids, tannins, lignins, long chain fatty acids, flavonoids and other phenolic compounds. The leaves are also good source of important triterpenoids such as ursolic acid and betulinic acid, which has wide range of pharmacological activities and therapeutic uses. Various analytical methods have been reported for identification and quantification of phytoconstituents in the leaf of E. tereticornis. The leaf extract and oil of E. tereticornis showed various pharmacological activities like antihypergycemic, antibacterial antifungal, antioxidant larvicidal and myorelaxant property. The review attempts to highlight various available literature with respect to the chemical constitutes and their analysis by various chromatographic methods, uses and reported various pharmacological activities.

Keywords

Eucalyptus tereticornis, Essential Oil, Phytochemistry, Chromatographic Analyses, Pharmacological Properties.

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A. Jayanthy ¹, Anupam Maurya ¹, Subash C. Verma ¹, Anupam Srivastava ², Madhira B. Shankar ¹, Rajeev Kr. Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (PCIM&H), PLIM Campus, Ghaziabad-201002, IN
2 CCRAS, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi-110058, IN

Abstract

Solanum indicum L. (Fam. Solanaceae) commonly known as poison berry in English is a prickly, much branched perennial under shrub, nearly upto 1m high, mostly found throughout India in warmer parts upto an elevation of 1500 m. This important medicinal plant is widely used in folk and traditional Indian systems of medicine for poisonous affections, skin diseases, ulcers difficult breathing, abdominal pain, cough and dyspepsia. In Ayurveda and Siddha. It is an important ingredient of dasamoola group of plants. The review attempts to highlight various available literature with respect to the therapeutic uses, enthno-medicinal uses, pharmacognostic studies, chemical constitutes and various reported pharmacological activities. Some steroidal alkaloids/glycoalkaloids such as Solasodine, Solasonine, Solamargine, Solanidine and Solanine were reported by various investigators. Pharmacognostic studies revealed the presence black powdery depositions of sandy crystals, throughout the ischolar_main, sclerieds in the cortical region, phloem fibres towards the periphery and uni to biseriate medullary rays in xylem and phloem as the diagnostic characters of ischolar_main of S. indicum. It is reported to have hepatoprotective, anthelmintic, antioxident and antimicrobial activity.

Keywords

Solanum Indicum, Enthnomedicinal, Pharmacognostic Studies, Therapeutic Uses, Phyto-Chemical Constitutes, Pharmacological Activities.

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