Abstract

VARIOUS PHYTOCONSTITUENTS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BOMBAX CEIBA: A REVIEW

*Ankur Kumar, Satyendra Kumar Rajput and Rohit Bhardwaj

ABSTRACT

Herbal plants have a lot of benefits over conventional drugs, including the fact that they usually have less frequent side-effects and might be non-toxic if used for a long time. It has been discovered that plants offer a great deal of potential for managing and curing illnesses. The present review was based on the various phytoconstituents and pharmacological activities of Bombax ceiba. It is extensively dispersed in Africa, Australia, and Asia, both temperate and tropical. Plants develop in the sweltering regions of India, climbing the hills up to 1,500m. The tall, gorgeous, and deciduous B. ceiba tree is a native of Northern Australia. Among the plant's traditional uses are stimulant, astringent, haemostatic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, antidiarrheal, cardiotonic, emetic, demulcent, antidysenteric, alterative, and antipyretic properties. Due to the plant's diverse pharmacological properties, its extracts have been used in numerous traditional medicines. It concluded that prominent phytochemicals such as mangiferin, β-siterol, and lupeol exhibit a range of pharmacological activities in vitro. The phytochemical components of a plant are significantly impacted by varying climatic conditions, as demonstrated by the differences in the bioactivities of plants collected from various locations. To make this plant more useful, it is still necessary to find and separate the pharmacologically active compounds from its many sections. 

Keywords: Bombax ceiba, phytoconstituents, pharmacological activities, aphrodisiac, cytotoxic.