Agricultural Reviews

  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue: 3

An anti-asthmatic plant: Tylophora indica burm. F. merrill-A review

  • Author:
  • Madan Mohan Sharma, Roop Narayan Verma, Shazia M Jamal, Amla Batra, D.V. Rao
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 192 to 201

Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302 055, India

Abstract

India has been known to have rich diversity of plantssince time immemorial. There were various aihnents cured with the help of plants. This review has been prepared keeping in mind respiratory disease i.e. asthma, it is characterized by reversible airway obstruction, airway hyper responsiveness and airway inflammation. The goal of this article is to increase the awareness about importance of plants in medical field and prepare a list of plants used for treating asthma with special reference to Tylophora indica.

Keywords

TyIophora indica, Botany, Medicinal, Therapeutic uses, Alkaloids