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.
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