European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A REVIEW ON EVALUATION OF PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF PAULLINIA PINNATA

Gayathri S., Rithika Devi T., Karan.S, Hardha B.* and Senthil Kumar M.

ABSTRACT

African woody vine Paullinia pinnata L. (Sapindaceae) is traditionally used to cure itch and pain-related illnesses including rheumatoid arthritis. Infectious diarrhoea, subacute toxicity, biochemical measures, histological analysis, and Paullinia pinnata have all been linked to folkloric medicine use. Investigations into the leaves confirmed various therapeutic potentials and several claims made in conventional medicine. These substances come from a variety of secondary metabolite classes, including as tannins, flavonoids, and alkaloids. The report of P.pinnata list the scientific findings as well as the traditional uses of P. pinnata leaves. The powdered leaves of the plant tested positive for steroids, triterpenes, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, and anthraquinones in the phytochemical research of the plant. The activity of P.pinnata shows results in antihypertensive, antimalarial, analgesic and antioxidant. phytochemical studies of this plant extract revealed in the presence of phenols, steroids, flavonoid, triterpenes, tannins, ceramides, steroidal glycosides, saponins, cerebroside.

Keywords: Paullinia pinnata, Phytochemical Constituents, Anti Diarrhoeal, Anti Typhoid, Anti-Malarial,