Abstract

A COMPLETE PROFILE ON ACROSTICHUM AUREUM - TRADITIONAL USES, PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITES AND PHYTOCONSTITUENTS

Raja. S* and Ravindranadh. K

Abstract

Indian Medicinal plants are used as ancient style of providing helps too many ailments. Presently, variant peoples are looking on healthful plants for his or her primary health care wishes. The current review designates the morphological, active principles and ethnopharmacological aspects of Acrostichum aureum. Being it's a vital healthful plant in Chinese medication this are supposed to vary medical specialty activities like analgesic, antiinflammatory, antifertility, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities. Different active constituents such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, sterols, triterpinoids patriscabratine, tetracosane, ponasterone, pterosterone, kaempferol, quercetin, and sulphated protein C are a unit to date according in Acrostichum aureum. Well conducted biological studies area unit still required for many indications of this species. This review is useful to make interest towards Acrostichum aureum and should be helpful in rising new formulations with additional therapeutic and economical worth.

Keywords: Acrostichum aureum, patriscabratine, ponasterone, pterosterone, formulation.