Abstract

A REVIEW ON GEL FORMATION OF TECTONA GRANDIS ETHANOL EXTRACT MECHANISMS AND APPLICATION

Mr. Anand Dattatray More*, Nusrat H. Pathan and Ravi Lad

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Abstract

Tectona Grandis (Teak) locally known as Sagwan, belongs to Lamiaceae family, is one of the most valuable timber plant. In the world which is a local to south and southest Asia and is renowned for it’s dimensional stability. Tectona grandis (Sakha) has been widely used medicine is Ayurveda. The chemical constituents plant belong to different classes such as tannins, proteins, fatty acids, steroidal compound, resins, lapachol, flavonoids, glycosides volatile oil & terpenoids etc, has been reported. The different part of plants have been scientifically evaluated for their antioxidant, antipyretic, analgesic, hypoglycaemia, wound healing, cytotoxic and many more biological activities.[1] Teak has been explored for it’s mechanical and industrial applications. The ethanol extract of tectona grandis has shown remarkable gel formation properties, making it a promising material for various use.[2] This review examine the gel formation properties of ethanol extract leaves of tectona grandis (Teak), focusing on the underlying mechanisms and potential applications. The gel demonstrates promising application in pharmaceutical serving a drug delivery system in cosmetics offering moisturizer and soothing benefits and the food industry active as a natural thickening agent.[3] The review aims to summarize the current understanding of the gel formation, mechanism chemical composition and potential application of Tectona Grandis ethanol extract. The Marketed product of Tectona grandis scar gel is Nemus scar gel. It’s applicable as scar removal, acne, wound healing, burn scar.[4]

Keywords: Tectona grandis, phytochemical profile, Biological activities, ethanol extract, applications.