INSIGHTS INTO PHYTO PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES OF MANGROVE SPECIES VOLKAMERIA INERMIS: A REVIEW
Yamjala Kalyani* and G. Krishna Mohan
ABSTRACT
Chinese medicine and different Indian systems of therapies have employed therapeutically useful and ornamental
vegetation for decades. Many of which have been discovered to have a wide range of medicinal properties that
may be utilized for curing a multitude of terrible conditions. Volkameria inerme is a prime instance of a plant that
fulfills both of these purposes. In the tropical and subtropical regions, a sprawling or scandent shoreline bushes
known as V.inermis (Verbenaceae) grows in number. It was formerly known as Clerodendrum inerme .Early
cultures employed the leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and bark of Volkameria inerme, among other botanical
components, for healthcare purposes. Research conducted on V.inermis demonstrates that it possesses chemical
components such as tannins, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, flavonoids triterpenoids, diterpenoids, volatile oils,
and steroids. It additionally includes flavonoids Phenolic glycosides, chalcones, and phenyl ethanoid glycoside. It
has an enormous variety of pharmacological characteristics, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic,
neurological and smooth muscle actions, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antiparasitic, insecticidal,
antiallergic, anticancer, protective, and numerous other pharmacological functions. Additional attributes include
anti-tyrosinase, antifungal, and neuroprotective, hypotensive, hypoglycemia, and amyloid aggregation, wound
healing, antipyretic, and larvicidal activity.
Keywords: Clerodendrum inerme, Pharmacological Properties, Phytochemical Properties, Mangrove Plants, Anticancer, Anti Diabetic Activity.
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