Prosopiscineria: An updated review

Abstract

In ancient literature. Prosopis cineraria are mention as a vital natural herbal plant. In the present review, an attempt has been made to congregate the traditional, phytochemical and pharmacological studies done on important medicinal plant Prosopis cineraria of Family Fabaceae. Various phytoconstituents like Fatty acids, tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, and glycosides were the major phytochemical compounds studied from this medicinal plant. The plant possesses the major pharmacological activities like antioxidant, analgesic, antipyretic, antitumor antihyperglycemic, antihypercholesterolemic, nootropicleucoderma, leprosy, asthma, dysentery, dyspepsia, and antidiabetic activity, etc have been reported from various extracts of the plant. The current paper deals with the review of Prosopis cineraria on phytoconstituents and pharmacological action.