A REVIEW ON β-ESCIN

Abstract

β - escin is a mixture of triterpene saponins and other components including alpha aescin, progestoescigenin, barringtogenol, cryptoescin and benzyopyrones.Βaescin or β-escin isolated from the horse chestnut seeds (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) β-escin has been traditionally used to treat conditons such as chronic venous insufficiency, inflammation, hemorrhoids, edema, elevated glucose, obesity, and cerebral ischemic damage. The drug shows its property in clinical trail’s patient with HIV-1 used as a traditional medicines.