Sarita Das

Department of Botany, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Odisha, India

Publications

  • Review Article   

    Author(s): Sarita Das61090*, Biswa Mohan Sahoo61091 and Subrat Kumar Bhattamisra61092

    The spreading Hogweed or Boerhaavia diffusa L. (BD) is a potent herbal medicine with diverse pharmacological activities. In Asia and Africa, it is used in different Ayurvedic medicines as a rejuvenator or “Rasayan” for its excellent antiaging and antioxidant properties. This review is intended to provide an extensive study on different phytochemicals present in BD and their relevant pharmacological activities to support its ethno medicinal uses. Further, this may help in exploring the undiscovered active constituents of BD, responsible for its diverse pharmacological uses. The data from different published research and review arti cles, confined to phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of different parts of BD, were extracted by using specific keywords from different scientific databases like Google, Science Direct, PubMed, etc. The whole plan.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.14.8.514-519

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