Abstract

THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PONGAMIA PINNATA IN VARIOUS DISORDER

Prashant R. Shirode*, Rushikesh A. Pandit, Onkar M. lingayat, Roshan D. Kadnor, Chetan A. Kapadnis and Harshali B. Kothawade

Abstract

The plant Pongamia pinnata is known as Karanja. Is used as medicine belong to the family Fabaceae. Well-known in Telugu as kanuga, Hindi as Karanja, and English as Indian beech. Traditional system (Ayurvedic) including as digestive, laxative, anthelmintic, to treat piles, wound healing, relieving rheumatic pains, for cleaning and preventing ulcers in gonorrhea and scrofulous enlargement.). Medicinal plants play an important role in human lives for many years to treat various diseases all over the world. Its effectiveness is increasing day by day due to various research. It is used to treat a variety of diseases and di. Plants are the diverse producer of bioactive compounds that make them a rich source of different types of medicines. P. sorders, It contains several phytoconstituents such as alkaloids, tannins, steroids, glycosides, demethoxy-kanugin, glabrin, kanugin, karangin, flavonoids and fixed oils. The seed powder are used as a drug to reduce fever, energizer, medicinally use in bronchiolitis and pertussis, irritations, chest inflammation or infection, piles, and anemic condition are all treated with this medicinal herb. The extract displayed ulcer-protective effects when mucosal protection factors such as mucin secretion, mucosal cell glycoproteins, mucosal cell life span, cell proliferation, or lipid peroxidation prevention were interruped.

Keywords: Pongamia pinnata, Anthelminthic, Karanj, Anti-inflammatory.