Abstract

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND PHYTOCHEMICAL OF LIMONIA ACIDISSIMA: A REVIEW

*Dr. Anjana Dhakar, Dr. Preeti Chorotiya, Dr. Manisha Meena, Dr. Chandan Singh, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Purvia and Dr. Manoj Kumar Adlakha

Abstract

Plants provide a major resource for a large number of traditional medicines that have been in existence for thousands of years in country like India. Ayurveda, one of the oldest medicinal systems in the world, provides leads for a vast number of therapeutically useful compounds. The combination of traditional and modern knowledge can produce better source of the active constituents for the treatment of diseases with fewer side effects. With the everincreasing interest of today’s population towards natural plant bearing multiple medicinal properties, belonging to family. Following various claims for cure of plant through scientific biological screening. This review majorly deals with the traditional and recent pharmacological activities of different parts of Limonia acidissima. Wood apple botanically known as Limonia acidissima is the only species in its genus belonging to family Rutaceae, found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The plant is an angiosperm with multifaceted medicinal properties almost every part of it is used traditionally. Limonia acidissima has a high nutritional value the fruit.

Keywords: Limonia acidissima, Rutaceae, Active constituents, Pharmacological activities.