Abstract

THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY OF TERMINALIA BELLERICA

Renu Kadian*, Milind Parle, Monu Yadav

ABSTRACT

World health organization (WHO) has advocated the evaluation of therapeutic potential of plants for diseases where we lack safe allopathic drugs. Terminalia bellerica also referred to as, Beleric Myrobalan belonging to family Combretaceae is a large deciduous tree with a thick brownish gray bark with shallow longitudinal fissures, attaining a height of between 20and 30 meters. It is found growing wild troughout the Indian subcontinent, srilanka, and South East Asia, upto 1200 meters in elevation, in a wide variety of ecologies. The chemical constituents isolated from various parts of the plant include Alkaloid, coumarin, flavones, steroids, tannins, glycosides, terpenoid, saponin.Terminalia bellerica has been shown to possess multifarious medicinal properties such analgesic activity, antibiofilm activity, anticancer activity, antidepressant activity, antidiabetic activity, antidiarrhoeal activity, anti-ulcer activity, immunomodulatory activity, anti-spasmodic and bronchodialatory activity, antifertility activity, antihypertensive activity, antifungal, antimicrobial activity, anti-inflammatory activity, antioxidant activity. The present review article provides up-to-date information on the therapeutic potential of Terminalia bellerica. We have tabulated the chemical constituents of Terminalia bellerica. This review article will help the scientists working in the area of traditional medicines and medicinal food in their research.

Keywords: Terminalia bellerica, Beleric Myrobalan, Chemical constituents, medicinal properties.