Abstract

A REVIEW ON ANTI- ULCER ACTIVITY OF INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

*Shalini P., Haripriya S., Femilarani J., Sharmila K. and Elavarasi K.

ABSTRACT

Nature is the best combinatorial chemist and has already diverted the attention of the people towards herbal medicines. The herbal and natural are practiced worldwide for the treatment of anti-ulcer since ancient times. Ulcer is a common gastrointestinal disorder now days most of the people affected. There are so many types of ulcer such as mouth ulcer, esophagus ulcer, peptic ulcer, and genital ulcer etc., Most common gastrointestinal disorder because of alteration change in the lifestyle and food habits. The plants used for ulcer are AcaciaArabica, Acorus Calamus, Adansoniadigitata, Alismaplantagoaquatica, Alliumsativum, Aloevera, Alstonicascholaris, Althaeaofflicinalis, Annonasquamoza, Asparagusracemosus, Azadirachtalndica, Bambusaarundinacea, Bauhiniavariegate Buteafoandosa, Boswellia Carteri And B. Serrata, Careyaarborea, CaricaCupressusSempervirens, CyperusSpecies, DolichosTablab, EuphoriaNerifolia, Ficusreligiosa, Hibiscusrosasinesis, Indigoferatinctoria, Hyssopusofficinalis, Lawsoniainermis, Laurusnobilis, Magniferaindica, Mimosapudica, Momordicacharantia, Moringaolefera, Myrtuscoomunis, Nymphaeaalba, Ocimumsanctum, Oxalisspecies, Phyllanthusniruri, Psidiumgugava, Pistacialentisaus, Plantagospecies, PolygonumSpecies, PortulacaOleracea. L,Rhuscoriaria, QureusSpeices, Rosaspeices, Sesbaniagrandiflora, Shorearobusta, Solanumnigrum, Symphytumspeices, Terminaliachebula, TragopogonGraminifolius DC., Ziziphus Spina.L., The various herbal plants are claimed to posses anti ulcer. Preclincial experiments are done to screen the anti ulcer activity in various herbal drugs using various animal models discussed in screening methods.

Keywords: Herbal medicine, anti-ulcer, preclinical, animal models, screening methods, gastrointestinal ulcer.