DHANYA (CORIANDRUM SATIVAM): A NATURE’S MEDICINAL BOON
*Keerthy S. P. and Dr. K. Hanumanthachar Joshi
ABSTRACT
All the traditional system of medicines are included in the account of AYUSH. The AYUSH department included the following system of medicines Ayurvedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH). These systems help us to eradicate or help in to overcome the problems related to the allopathic medicines such as side effect, drug resistance and adverse effect of the drug. Due to all these reasons the plant source for medicinal purpose are highly prefer. This review article describes the medicinal importance of the medicinal plant Coriandrum Sativum. It is a glabrous, aromatic, herbaceous annual plant, small sized tree growing throughout India, Italy, Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe, China and Bangladesh. Essential oil, flavonoids, fatty acids, and sterols have been isolated from different parts of C. sativum. The therapeutic value of Coriandrum Sativum extract for the various diseases with its other pharmacognostic features such as morphology, growth constraints, biochemical composition and biological activities. This review contains the description of Coriandrum Sativum with its pharmacological activities of isolated compounds and bioactivity of extract on different animal models in various laboratories. In addition to that, it highlights its potential to have a various type of pharmacological activity.
Keywords: Medicinal plant, plant extract, phytochemistry, biological activity, research work, pharmacognostic features.
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