Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Excoecaria agallocha: Phytochemistry and Pharmacological applications

Poonam M B Salve, Dr Pratima S Jadhav

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Excoecaria agallocha a milky mangrove, blind your eye mangrove, or a river poison tree is widely distributed in Indian coastal regions. This article deals with the overview of Excoecaria, its phytochemical constituents pharmacological applications and its various medicinal uses. The extract of leaves and stems has different phytochemicals as polyphenols, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids and volatile components.  The ethanolic and methanolic extract of leaves isolate various compounds. There are antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti–inflammatory, analgesic, antiulcer, anticancer, antireverse transcriptase, antihistamine–release, antifilarial, DNA damage protective, antidiabetic, and antitumor protecting activities carried out on this plant. This review could help the researchers to undertake the further investigations in these directions.

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Poonam M B Salve, Dr Pratima S Jadhav, Excoecaria agallocha: Phytochemistry and Pharmacological applications, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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