Abstract

A REVIEW ON PADMAKA (PRUNUS CERASOIDES D. DON): AN EMERGING TRADITIONAL DRUG FOR THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS

Isha Sharma*, Monika Tyagi and Rajesh Sharma

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Abstract

Prunus cerasoides D. Don widely known as Himalayan cherry tree is brown large with a smooth bark cracking out in horizontal strips having white pink and crimson colour flowers found in sub mountain and mountain Himalayan regions spending over and above 900 to 2000 m in Kashmir, Garhwali, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Manipur and North eastern parts of India. Phytochemical investigations reveal the presence of Flavonone, Sukuranetin, Prunatin, Isoflavonone and Padmakastin. Apart from phytochemical studies, pharmacological studies provide the presence of anti-microbial, diuretic, BPH protective, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties. This dissertation is an effort to present morphological traditional medicinal and pharmacological aspects of the drug.

Keywords: Padmak, ethnomedicinal, morphological.