Abstract: Ascholaris is a traditionally important medicinal plant. Herbal medicine has become an in-tegral part of standard healthcare, based on a combination of time-honored traditional us-age and ongoing scientific research. Herbal medicine contains natural substances that can promote health and reduce illness. This evergreen tree is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian countries. The plant is used in traditional, ethnomedicinal, Ayurvedic types of alternative medicinal systems against different ailments such as asthma, malaria, fever, dysentery, diarrhea, epilepsy, skin diseases, snakebite etc. Among the phytochemicals, alkaloids are mostly reported. The present review attempt to detailed introduction of its pharmacological profile, ethanomedical use, chemical constituents, as a medicinal
Keywords: Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Phytochemistry.
Title: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry and pharmacology of Alstonia scholaris R.Br. (Apocynaceae): A review
Author: Madhukar B. Patil
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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