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A REVIEW ON PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF LIMONIA ACIDSSIMA L.: A MULTIPOTENT MEDICINAL PLANT USED AS NEUTRACEUTICAL, FOOD AND HERBAL COSMETICS

Pranali Band*, Ashwini Chavhan, Gauri Dongare, Akshada Kale, A. N. Aher and Sonali Gawali

Abstract

LIMONIA ACIDSSIM l. has been traditionally used as an Ayurvedic medicine. It is the only species of its genus, in the family Rutaceae. Different parts of LIMONIA ACIDSSIMA such as leaves, bark,fruit pulp, rind, roots, flowers contains variety of phyto-constituents such as alkaloids, phenols, tannins, flavonoids, saponin, esters, fat, calcium, iron, coumarin, tyramine etc., and posses multipotent pharmacological actitivities such as anti-venom, anti-malarial, anti-larvecidal, antidiarrhoeal, anti-dysentry, cardiac tonic, liver tonic, anthelmentic, antifungal, expectorant, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-dermatophytic, etc. This plant is used in neutraceuticals, food and herbal cosmetic industry. This review majorly deals with identification, standardization, nutritional value, food value, medicinal uses, phytochemical and pharmacological action of different parts of LIMONIA ACIDSIMMA L.

Keywords: LIMONIA ACIDSSIMA, Pharmacological, Phytochemical, Rutaceae.