Abstract

A REVIEW ON MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM TO ENLIST ITS MORPHOLOGICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES

*Chetia Parthana and Bharadwaj Rituraj

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Abstract

Melastoma malabathricum is a tiny plant that is widely utilized around the world, primarily in southeast Asian nations like India because of its powerful therapeutic effects. Traditionally, the plant is used to cure wounds, inflammation, infection, diarrhoea, diabetes-related scarring, high blood pressure, piles, and other conditions in the folklore medical systems of many different nations. The plant contains essential oil, tannins, phenolic compounds, flavonoids. Numerous research on this plant indicates that practically every portion of the plant exhibits a unique medicinal property. Numerous biological effects, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammation, antidiarrheal, and antipyretic activity, are demonstrated by the crude extracts of the plant's various components in in-vivo and in-vitro experiments. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to provide detailed information on the pharmacological properties, phytochemical components, and ethnomedicinal applications of M. malabathricum.

Keywords: Melastoma malabathricum, phytochemical analysis, folklore medicine, biological effects, in-vivo, in-vitro.