A Review on Medicinal Important and Chemical ...

A Review on Medicinal Important and Chemical Contains In Butea Monosperma (Lam.) Taub

Author Name : Khodade Hrishikesh

ABSTRACT

Butea monosperma is extensively used in Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Traditional systems of medicine. Flowers of B. monosperma are used as anticonvulsant, antigout, antistress, diuretic, antileprotic, antihepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, and astringent, eye disorder, and leprosy, diarrhea, tonic and skin diseases. Phytochemical studies of B. monosperma  flower extract have shown chemical constituents like triterpene, flavonoids and glycosides like butein, isocoreopsin, monospermoside, butin, coreopsin,  isomonospermoside, chalcones, aurones and steroids.

Keywords: Butea monosperma, Ethno botany, medicinal important and Leguminosae.