Abstract

A REVIEW ON POTENTIAL AND MEDICINAL BIORESOURCES OF HERB - CYPERUS ROTUNDUS

Simanta Medhi*, Deepak Kumar Jha1, U. Rajashekhar and Trishna Mani Nath

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda addresses all aspects of life with the holistic consideration on healthy living. It covers a variety of physiology and pathology of ailments and their therapies. Since ancient times, several diseases had been handled by using regime on plant extracts primarily based on common medicine. The tribal community used traditional drug treatments for treating a range of illnesses as described by historical literature of our country. Cyperus rotundus L. is commonly acknowledged as Nagarmotha, motha in native languages. It is handy entire upon the country. Cyperus rotundus is lowlife partial suggested activities such as hypolipedemic, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective and antimicrobial properties. It includes tannins, flavonoids, monoterpenes, glycosides, sitosterol, sesquiterpenes, alkaloids, saponins, terpenoids, essential oils, starch, protein, carbohydrates, amino acids and specific secondary metabolites. In this review article we are discussing in regards to the normal information, medicinal properties, and the scientific work related to it. We believe that the animadversion pleasure be helpful to students, researchers and scientists who involved to disclose the unjustified phytochemical function over Cyperus rotundus.

Keywords: Cyperus rotundus, Traditional medicine, Chemical constituents and Therapeutic potential.