A Review on Medicinal Properties of Lantana camara Linn. Kalita Sanjeeb, Kumar Gaurav, Karthik Loganathan, Rao Kokati Venkata Bhaskara* Molecular and Microbiology Research Laboratory Environmental Biotechnology Division, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu-632 014, India. *Corresponding Author E-mail: kokatibhaskar@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 12 February, 2013. Abstract The knowledge of traditional medicine and medicinal plants and their study of scientific chemical principles may lead to the discovery of newer and cheaper drugs. Lantana camara is well known to cure several diseases and used in various folk medicinal preparations. In last few decades, scientist and researchers around the globe have elaborately studied the chemical composition of whole plant of L. camara as well as biological pharmacological activities. These studies established the therapeutic potential of Lantana camara in modern medicines and a possible candidate for the drug discovery. The present review gives a bird's eye view on ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of L. camara. Top Keywords Medicinal plants, Lantana camara Linn, ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacology. Top |