TAMARINDUS INDICA: A POTENT MEDICINAL HERB.
Keywords:
Tamarind, Tamarindus indica, Medicinal herbAbstract
Tamarindus indica is used as traditional medicine in India, Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and most of the
tropical countries. It is used traditionally in abdominal pain, diarrhea and dysentery, helminthes infections, wound
healing, malaria and fever, constipation, inflammation, cell cytotoxicity, gonorrhea, and eye diseases. It has
numerous chemical values and is rich in phytochemicals, and hence the plant is reported to possess antidiabetic
activity, antimicrobial activity, antivenomic activity, antioxidant activity, antimalarial activity, hepatoprotective
activity, antiasthmatic activity, laxative activity, and anti-hyperlipidemic activity. Every part of the plant from root
to leaf tips is useful for human needs. Thus, the aim of the present review is to describe its morphology, and
explore the phytochemical constituents, commercial utilization of the parts of the plant, and medicinal and
pharmacologic activities so that T. indica's potential as multipurpose. [1,2]
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