Beneficial Prospectives: Plant Annona squamosa L.

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ABSTRACT: Developed and undeveloped countries both are utilizing herbs for maintaining health wellbeing by providing proper treatment and prevention of diseases. The present review gives the Ethnobotanical information linking between plant Annona squamosa L. and human beings were also providing updated facts of phytochemical and pharmacological approaches of the above plant in the present 21st century. Annona squamosa L. is a multipurpose shrub tree that is distributed throughout tropical countries and eminently a desert fruit in India. The plant belongs to the family Annonaceae which in Hindi known as Sitaphal or Sharifa which is utilized for its medicinal properties. The ethnobotanical traditional uses include wound healing, lice repellant, treatment of dysentery and urinary tract infection. Phytochemicals includes alkaloids (benzoxyquinazoline, salsolinol, coclaurine), terpenoids (annomosin A, annosquamosin A), glycoside (quercetin-3-glucoside), essential oil (bicyclogernacrene, T-cadinol), flavonoids (kaempherol, farmarixetin) tannins, and many more responsible for pharmacologically action of plant parts are fruits, seeds, leaves, bark, and flower. Information on medicinal uses and organoleptic properties of various pharmacologically active parts is also provided. The present article discusses the updated information regarding distribution, plant parts used, chemical constituents, traditional uses, morphological and pharmacological importance of this plant hoping for exploring better medicinal value.