Applied Cell Biology

Phytochemicals and their Medicinal Values of Saraca asoca A Research Review

Dileep Hegde, Sunith M, Praveen Kumar N , Jayarama Reddy*

Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, 36, Langford Road, Bengaluru

Abstract

Botanical drugs or Natural drugs are medicines which are composed of natural substances, having constituents of both medicinal activities and health-enhancing properties. Medicinal potential in these plants remain un-accessed due to a plethora of reasons. With sufficient investment, the entire infrastructure of global botanical drugs can be upgraded. The plant Saraca asoca (Roxb.), Wild belongs to Caesalpiniaceae family. The data in this article can be useful in understanding the various phytochemicals present in the bark, stem, flower and seeds. The tree’s extracts are numerous and can be extracted by Gas Chromatography - Mass Chromatography (GC-MC), High Performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) and Soxhlet. The study shows us these extracts have many medicinal properties and abilities that can be used to treat different diseases in all the functioning systems of the body. The future study of herbal plants is crucial to improve medicinal care so that botanical plants can be used extensively in ayurvedic, homeopathy and natural-based medicine.

Keywords:

Saraca asoca, Epicatechin, Procyanidin, Phytochemicals, HPTLC, GC-MS