European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

REVIEW: TRIPHALA AS A POLY MEDICINAL HERB

Deshmukh Prasad*, Tawar Mukund, Awatade Anushri, Deshmukh Apurva and Munjewar Ashwini

ABSTRACT

Now day naturally occurring medicine were increasing in its important over synthetic medicine because lack of adverse effects. Triphala one of the widelly naturally occurring with tremondous medicinal application ayurverdic medicine. Triphala was consisting of dried fruits of the plant species of Emblica Officinalis (Amalaki), Terminalia Bellerica and Terminalia Chebula. Active phytoconstituent presents are gallic acid, tannic acid, syringic acid, epicatechin, ascorbic acid, chebulinic acid having antimicrobial, anticaring, wound healing, anticancer, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antidiabetics, antiobesity, on cardiovascular effect. Water and ethanol was solvent used to extraction of the phytoconstituents. Physiochemical nature of Triphala extracts makes its active ingredients for oral delivery dosage forms. Numerous therapeutics applications make Triphala as polyherbal medicine.

Keywords: Triphala, antimicrobial, anticaring, wound healing, anticancer, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antidiabetics, antiobesity, cardiovascular.