A review on importance of medicinal plants

Abstract

This article aims to provide a comprehensive review on the phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of Cassia fistula and its sister species. In traditional medicine have been used as antipyretics, analgesic, laxative, diabetes, hematemesis, leucoderma and intestinal disorder. The different parts of these plant contain a variety of biologically active compounds such as phenols, flavonoids, alkaloid, glycosides, tannin, saponin and terpenoids, those have various medicinal properties. The fruit, seeds and defatted seed cake and stem bark extracts shows various activities like antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, hepato-protective, antimicrobial, antitumor, antiulcer etc.