Abstract

REVIEW ARTICLE ON "MEDICINAL USES OF DREGEA VOLUBILIS"

Kanhopatra Bhagwat Suryawanshi* and Dr. Rajesh Mandade

ABSTRACT

The present work aims to study the Medicinal uses of Dregia Volubilis plant and it's pharmacological activity. The plant material we're collected and clean and then dried at room temperature. The dried raw material grinded and form a porous powder. Powder material of Dregea volubilis plant were subjected to various physico-chemical tests such as ash value, water soluble ash, acid insoluble ash and loss on drying. In this work study different activities like antimalerial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, Antiasthmatic, anti-cancer, antitubercular activity of Drwgea volubilis. Dregea volubilis is a woody climbing plant and found in hills, hotter parts of India. The leaves of this plants are edible and use as a green vegetable. The plant extract used traditionally to treat several diseases. The Ethanolic extract we're prepared from fresh leaves of D.volubilis by hot continuous percolation method in soxhlet apparatus. Ethanolic extract of Dregea volubilis were tested for antimicrobial efficacy against Gram positive, Gram negative and fungal organisms.

Keywords: Dregea volubilis, Ethanol extract, Medicine, pharmacology.