Abstract

A REVIEW ON MEDICINAL USES OF AEGLE MARMELOS

Saloni P. Gudadhe*, Vaibhav Gote and Dr. Swati P. Deshmukh

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Abstract

Aegle marmelos is the plant that widely present in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, shrilanka and Nepal it belongs to family rutaceae genus aegle and order sapindales. Not only the fruit but the leaves, stem, bark and roots have the medicinal value. Aegle marmelos is commonly known as golden apple, stone apple or wood apple and Japanese bitter orange.it is also occurred in south acia where it is known as bael and it is widely use for to treat diseases and disorders . It is also used as dietary supplement and it possess antioxidant properties. Aegle marmelpos is a small or shrub size to medium size tree with long branches. This plant have medicinal value the each part of the plant contain therapeutic constituent. It is investigated that these compound have biological activity and medicinal properties against various infectious diseases and disorders including diabetes, cancer and heart related problems. Besides medicinal value the bael plant has cultural and environment this plant absorb the hazardous gases and chemical pollutants from the atmosphere and it release oxygen in higher percentage than other plant hence it is known as “climate cleaner”. It is also have the great cultural value in Hindus it offers leaves to lord Shiva. The present review emphasizes and covered the pharmacological activity and bioactive constituents of the bael plant. The motive of this study to investigate the biological activity of chemical constituent that are present in the bael plant.

Keywords: Bael Fruit Extract, Medicinal Value, Phytochemistry, pharmacology.