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ANTIARTHRITIC ACTIVITY OF SOME INDIGENOUS PLANTS: A REVIEW

@inproceedings{Baranwal2012ANTIARTHRITICAO,
  title={ANTIARTHRITIC ACTIVITY OF SOME INDIGENOUS PLANTS: A REVIEW},
  author={V. K. Baranwal and Raghuveer Irchhaiya and Shashi Alok},
  year={2012}
}

• V. K. Baranwal, R. Irchhaiya, S. Alok
• Published 2012
• Medicine

Arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by pain, swelling and stiffness. Allopathic medications have been prescribed to alleviate symptoms of this disease which results into associated side effects like heart attack, stroke, stomach ulcers, bleeding from the digestive tract, and kidney damage etc. Hence the use of herbal medicine is becoming popular due to toxicity and side effects of allopathic medicines. The plant, as one of the important sources, still maintains its original place in the treatment of various diseases, including arthritis, with minimum side effects. Considerable studies have been carried out on ethno medicinal plants; however, only few medicinal plants have attracted the interest of scientists, to investigate them as a remedy for arthritis. In this review an attempt has been done to highlight the work on indigenous medicinal plants having Anti-arthritic potential. INTRODUCTION: Arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints. Arthritis involves the breakdown of cartilage. Cartilage normally protects a joint, allowing it to move smoothly. Cartilage also absorbs shock when pressure is placed on the joint, such as when you walk. Without the normal amount of cartilage, the bones rub together, causing pain, swelling (inflammation), and stiffness. The individuals of any age can be affected with Arthritis; the usual age of onset is between 25 and 50 with a peak in the 40s and 50s . In India more than about 20% of total population is suffering from arthritis. The joints most commonly affected by arthritis are weight‐bearing joints, such as feet, knees, hips, spine and other joints, such as finger and thumb joints. Symptoms of arthritis can include reduced ability to move the joint, stiffness, especially in the morning, difficulty performing daily activities, disability, long-term (chronic) pain etc. The key risk factors of arthritis includes age, gender, excess weight, injury, dietary pattern, consumption of excess alcohol, life style, heredity, hormonal factors, environmental factors and lack of physical activity. There are four main groups of drugs used to treat arthritis: Pain killers (analgesics), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and corticosteroids (steroids) . Despite considerable progress in the treatment of arthritis by NSAIDs and other drugs, search for newer drugs continues because the existing synthetic drugs have several limitations. The modern medicine has also started admitting that ayurveda and herbal medicine, has a lot of positive influence on the treatment of arthritis. A large number of medicinal plants have been tested and found to contain active principles with curative properties against arthritis. Antiarthritic plants contain a variety of chemical constituents like phenols, coumarins, essential oils, monoterpenes, catechins, quinones, carotinoids, flavanoids, alkaloids, anthocyanins and xanthenes . This paper deals with the study of indigenous herbs showing potential for treatment of arthritis. Correspondence to Author: