Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, India
2. Department of Pharmaceutics, Hygia Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research, Lucknow, India
3. Department of Pharmaceutics, Hygia Institute of Pharmacy, Lucknow,
India
Abstract
Abstract:
The basic objective of this review is to furnish extensive confirmation on the bioactive
chemical compounds and pharmacological aspects of Nagarmotha, i.e., Cyperus scariosus of the family
Cyperaceae and some others plants used to treat various diseases of eyes as mentioned in Ayurveda,
Charaka Samhita, and Sushrut Samhita. Nagarmotha showed an extensive ethnomedicinal record and
constituted a phytonutrient pool of heuristic medicinal value. Various observations on pharmacological
affirmation have illustrated the potential of plants as antioxidant, hypotensive, stimulant of the central
nervous system, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, analgesic, ophthalmic, anti-inflammatory, astringent,
and antimicrobial actions which aid its conventional benefits. Nagarmotha remained to be an important
part of various prescriptions used in nearly all indigenous systems of medicines to cure a variety
of ailments. Various investigations on bioactive chemical compounds revealed that Cyperus scariosus
has countless essential components like essential oils, terpenoids, sesquiterpenes, hydrocarbons,
steroidal saponins, ketones, cyperene, cyperol, cyprotene, flavonoids, and various polyphenolic compounds.
In the present work, more emphasis is on the bioactive chemical compounds, enlistment of bioactive
chemical compounds responsible for therapeutic values, conventional benefits, and their detailed
reported pharmacological properties. Some of the available marketed ayurvedic preparations
were also mentioned in this review. Overall, researchers may get assisted and synchronized for impending
potency, profitability, and effectiveness of Nagarmotha especially, and other medicinal plants
generally. The demand for herbal products is expanding immensely all around the world and several
biopharmaceutical regions are nowadays managing substantial research on herbal materials for their
promising medicative value. Further curative usefulness of various phytochemicals obtained from
Cyperus scariosus may be validated and corroborated.
Funder
Integral University and Hygia Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Building and Construction
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