A brief review of remedial uses of Saussurea lappa

Kamalpreet; Loveneet Kaur; Ajaypal Singh; Jaspreet Kaur; Navjeet Kaur

A brief review of remedial uses of Saussurea lappa

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Kamalpreet, Loveneet Kaur, Ajaypal Singh, Jaspreet Kaur and Navjeet Kaur

Abstract:

Plants are being used by human beings for treating various ailments since time immorial. Plants are used for numerous pharmacological activities and 25000 various products in the support of this are obtained from different plant species by various scientists. Since time Saussurea lappa immemorial and endures till date. Research work is being carried out extensively on various herbal drugs to validate their use in medicine. One such potent herb Saussurea lappa Clarke is the member of family Compositae. These plants are well known for its medicinal value and have been proved to be anticancerous, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal.

Chemical constituents extracted from this plant are lactone cynaropicrin, dehydrocostus, germacrene, lappadilactone due to which it show useful pharmacological and medical characters. Despite the modern day pharmalogical uses it is famous for numerous traditional uses such as insecticide, pesticide, to treat diseases and in perfumery. In past days it was used to treat more than 40 diseases. This review has been summarized to aware people about the various remedial and traditional uses of this plant.

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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

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Kamalpreet, Loveneet Kaur, Ajaypal Singh, Jaspreet Kaur and Navjeet Kaur. A brief review of remedial uses of Saussurea lappa. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019;8(3):4423-4430.

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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Vol. 8, Issue 3 (2019)

A brief review of remedial uses of Saussurea lappa

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