Unravelling the Phytochemical and Pharmacognosy Contour of Traditional Medicinal Plant: Pterocarpus Marsupium Roxb

Abstract

_Pterocarpus marsupium_ Roxb is a traditional medicinal plant commonly acknowledged as “Vengai” have a long history of usage in the tropical and subtropical regions for a variety of purposes in treating several human diseases. The present objective of this study is to provide its phytoconstituents and pharmacological activities of this plant. Extraction and fraction of this plant highlighted the presence of alkaloids, protein, carbohydrates, coumarin, gums, mucilage, fixed oils, anthraquinone glycosides, saponnin glycosides, tannins, flavonoids and phenolic compounds_. _Several investigational studies demonstrated that this plant has various pharmacological activities such as analgesic, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, antidiarrhoeal, memory enhancing activity, antioxidant and antihyperlipidemic. It is used alone or with other medicinal plants to provide enhanced therapeutic efficacy for treating various ailments. Our present study is an extensive review relating the plant’s phytoconstituents and pharmacological activities such as antidiabetic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, memory enhancing, hepatoprotective and antihyperlipidemics in order to collate the knowledge that already exists about this plant and to emphasize its many uses as a medication.