Abstract

A REVIEW OF PHARMACOGNOSTICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECT OF ABEIS WEBBIANA LINDL. LEAVES

Dinesh Kumar Yadav* and Ashoke Kumar Ghosh

ABSTRACT

Abies webbiana Lindl., commonly known as Talispatra in Bengali and Hindi, Talispatram in Sanskrit and Indian Silver Fir in English, is a large, tall, evergreen tree occurring in the Himalayan region from Kashmir to Assam states in India. A. webbiana leaf has been reported as antibacterial and antifungal, mast cell stabilizing, anxiolytic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-tussive, female antifertility, febrifuge, anti-spasmodic properties, central nervous system (CNS) depressant actions and are effective against hyperglycemia, conception, rheumatism and high temperature. In phytochemical screening certain chemical constituents, mainly monoterpenes (from essential oil), flavonoids, biflavonoid glycosides, phytosterols, amino acids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids, lipids, triterpenoids, steroids and diterpene glycosides were found and a new alkaloid namely 1-(4'- methoxyphenyl)-aziridine, a nitrogenous compound and a new biflavonoid, Abiesin have been isolated.

Keywords: Abies webbiana, Pharmacological, phytochemical, pharmacognostical.