Abstract

A REVIEW ON PHYTOCHEMICAL & PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF TANACETUM PARTHENIUM L.

Soniya C. Deshmukh* and Bharati P. Kuche

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Abstract

Feverfew is the scientific name Tanacetum Parthenium L. belonging to family Asteraceae is a medicinal plant and used for the treatment of migraine, rheumatoid arthritis, toothache, fever, stomach ache, infertility, insect bites and hindrances with menstruation and labor during childbirth. The feverfew plant herb has a long history of use in modern medicine and widespread medicine, especially among Greek word and early European herbalists. Feverfew has been used for asthma, dizziness, psoriasis, nausea, vomiting and tinnitus. The plant contains large number of natural product but active principle includes one or more of the sesquiterpene lactone known to be present, including parthinolides and Flavonoid glycoside contains apigenine, pinenes. It has different pharmacological activities such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, anti-fibrinolytic activities and anti-anthelmintic activity. In review, we’ve action taken the various measurement of the feverfew plant and complied its vast pharmacological uses to comprehend and synthesis the subject of its implicit image of multipurpose medicinal agents. The fever few plant is extensively cultivated to large regions of the world and its significance as medicinal plant is growing mainly with adding and storages reports in support of its multifarious pharmacological uses.

Keywords: Feverfew plant, Phytochemicals, Sesquiterpene, Pyrethrin, Pharmacological Activities.