Pharmacological Properties of Datura Stramonium L. As a Potential Medicinal Tree: an Overview

Overview

Journal Asian Pac J Trop Biomed

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2013 Apr 18

PMID 23593583

Citations 42

Authors

Priyanka Soni

Anees Ahmad Siddiqui

Jaya Dwivedi

Vishal Soni

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Abstract

India has a great wealth of various naturally occurring plant drugs which have great potential pharmacological activities. Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the widely well known folklore medicinal herbs. The troublesome weed, D. stramonium is a plant with both poisonous and medicinal properties and has been proven to have great pharmacological potential with a great utility and usage in folklore medicine. D. stromonium has been scientifically proven to contain alkaloids, tannins, carbohydrates and proteins. This plant has contributed various pharmacological actions in the scientific field of Indian systems of medicines like analgesic and antiasthmatic activities. The present paper presents an exclusive review work on the ethnomedical, phytochemical, pharmacological activities of this plant.

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