Abstract

A REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGICAL USES OF TECTONA GRANDIS.LINN

*Chaithra S. R. and Bijesh Vatakkeel

Abstract

Tectona grandis. Linn is a plant belongs to the family Verbenaceae. Most commonly it is known as “Teak” a large deciduous plant most commonly used in wood industry. But the presence of large amount of chemical constituents in this plant shows various medicinal properties. Teak is also a major constituent in many of the traditional medicines. As we all know that the importance of medicinal plants is increasing in this era because of the various side effects caused by the drugs that we used for disease treatment. But most of the medicinal plants and their vast applications are not familiar to us. It is necessary to give proper importance to the medicinal plants in this time. So finding the chemical constituents present in the various parts of the plants and identifying the medicinal properties are important. This review covers various pharmacological activities of one of the important and most common plant Tectona grandis. Linn (Teak).

Keywords: Tectona grandis. Linn, Teak, leaf, chemical constituents.