Comprehension of Phytochemical and pharmacological study of Kigelia Africana (Bignoniaceae)

Abstract

People thorough out the world use medicinal plants to treat different ailments. Kigelia Africana (Bignoniaceae), commonly known as African sausage tree, is a medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of numerous diseases. Kigelia Africana is a deciduous tree, 20-30 m tall and 65 cm in diameter. The plant is described to have a widespread range of therapeutic activities, such as antidiabetic, anticancer, antimalarial, antibacterial, analgesic antileprotic, and antidiarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory, antiurolithiasis, antioxidant, etc. The whole plants can be broadly studied for further future potential. The review will provide the information of Kigelia Africana on the account of Pharmacognostic, phytochemical and pharmacological study in a similar way.