Calotropis Procera and the Pharmacological Properties of Its Aqueous Leaf Extract: A Review

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2024 Jun 17

PMID 38883127

Authors

Aisha Habeeb

Sindhu Ramesh

Rajeshkumar Shanmugam

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Abstract

is a versatile plant often used for fuel, fodder, wood, fiber, phytoremediation, medicine, and synthesis of nanoparticles. Its ability to tolerate abiotic stresses and its morphophysiological adaptation have made it popular worldwide. Currently, it is identified as an environmental weed across the world. owes its therapeutic qualities to the secondary metabolites like tannins, alkaloids, and phenols present in it. New synthetic drugs are being formulated by using these secondary metabolites as a prototype. This review aimed to provide a summary of the chemometric profile, toxicity, and pharmacological activities of the aqueous leaf extract of based on the current literature.

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