INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & LIFE SCIENCES Pterospermum acerifolium Linn. : A comprehensive review with significant pharmacological activities
@inproceedings{Chatterjee2012INTERNATIONALJO, title={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY \& LIFE SCIENCES Pterospermum acerifolium Linn. : A comprehensive review with significant pharmacological activities}, author={Paoulomi Chatterjee and Bodhisattwa Chakraborty and Subhangkar Nandy and Abhishek Dwivedi and Rana Datta}, year={2012} }
Pterospermum acerifolium (Sterculiaceae) is an herb distributed throughout the world. The leaves of the plant are widely used for the treatment of diabetes and as a haemostatic in Indian proprietary medicines. The pl ant is documented to possess beneficial effects as antioxi dant, antiulcer, anti inflammatory, analgesic, hypo glycaemic and antihelmentic. It is believed to be used in inflamm ation, abdominal pain, ascites, cures ulcers, lepro sy, constipation, urinary discharges and tumours. A…
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