A BRIEF REVIEW OF MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS (INDIAN CORK TREE)
AbstractMillingtonia hortensis is commonly known as the Indian cork tree. This is an important medical plant widely used in southern Asia ranging from India, Burma, Thailand, and Southern China. It is a tall and elegant ornamental tree, reaching heights of 15 to 25 meters. It’s recognized for its slender trunk with light, fern-like leaves that contribute to a delicate foliage texture. This plant is used traditionally as mainly lung tonic, asthmatics and antimicrobial properties, From April until the rains and again in November & December, a profusion of silvery-white, delightfully fragrant flowers crowns the foliage as the flowers are short-lived, the flower sprays mostly consists largely of long whitish buds. The leaves of Millingtonia hortensis are used as antipyretic, sinusitis, chologouge, and tonic in folklore medicine. The plant has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-proliferative, anti-mutagenic, anti-helminthic, anti-diabetic, and hepatoprotective activities. This paper gives brief information about the plant Mellingtonia hortensis, its medicinal aspects, pharmacognosy and phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of the plant.
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L. Shiju *, J. N. Bhoomika, Harshith Gowda, T. S. Kuludeep and H. L. Pragathi
Department of Pharmacognosy, Bharathi college of Pharmacy, Bharathinagara, Mandya, Karnataka, India.
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27 August 2024
20 September 2024
29 September 2024
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.11(10).519-24
31 October 2024
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