European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

REVIEW OF MURRAYA KOENIGII (CURRY LEAVES) AND HERBAL GEL

Chandramohan K.*, Abarna R., Jeyasudha E., Kavya S., Sanjana M., Nepolean R.

ABSTRACT

Medicine is food and food is medicine" is the best way to describe how that diseases were cured through the use of the plants in ancient times. The "magic Plant of the Indian spices" (Murraya koenigii) has not only served mankind as a nutritional booster but also serve as village or folk medicine to heal many diseases of the tribal communities used many parts of the Murraya koenigii to heal. Murraya koenigii used to heal diarrhea, kidney pain, stomach upset and morning sickness. The carbazole alkaloids such as koenigin, bicyclomahanimbicin, cyclomahanimbine, murrayastine, coumarin, koenidin and pypayafolincarbazole have significant medicinal activities.

Keywords: Murraya koenigii, Herbal gel, antibacterial activity, active compounds.