A REVIEW ON WONDER PLANT CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS
AbstractCatharanthus roseus, population known as Vinca rosea, is a significant medicinal plant from the Apocynaceae family, used to treat various life-threatening diseases. It is known by names such as bright eyes, cape periwinkle, pink periwinkle, and Madagascar periwinkle. The plant contains chemical compounds like carbohydrates, flavonoids, saponins, and alkaloids, including vinblastine, vincristine, vindoline, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, indole, and indoline glycosides. Catharanthus roseus is native to the Indian Ocean Island of Madagascar and was once considered an endangered species in the wild. However, it is now found in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, including the southern United States. The plant demonstrates various pharmacological activities, such as anticancer, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, memory enhancement, wound healing, hypotensive, antidiarrheal, antiulcer, and hypolipidemic effects. In this review article express taxonomy, synonym, vernacular names, distribution, ethnomedical uses, phytochemicals and pharmacological activities of Catharanthus roseus.
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M. G. Kuldeep *, K. H. Ahalyadevi, T. Balasubramanian and B. S. Suresha
Department of Phamacology, Bharathi College of Pharmacy, Bharathinagara, Mandya, Karnataka, India.
kuldeepmg2020@gmail.com
30 May 2025
24 June 2025
25 June 2025
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.12(6).483-88
30 June 2025
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