Formulation of Ointment of Banyan Tree Latex

Formulation of Ointment of Banyan Tree Latex

Author Name : Palwe Vimal Devidas, Prof. Miss. Shinde R., Dr. Hingane L.D

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda and other literature mention the use of plants in treatment of the various human ailments.

Ficus benghalensis is a large evergreen tree found throughout India.

It is commonly called Banyan tree. It is used in traditional system of medicine like ayurveda and homoeopathy.

 Different parts of the tree have been found to possess medicinal properties: leaves are good for ulcer, aerial roots are useful in gonorrhea, seeds and fruits are cooling and tonic. This paper reports on its traditional and pharmacognostic properties such as antioxidant, anticancer, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antihelmintic, antidiabetic and antibacterial of Ficus bengalensis.

Since the birth of humans on this planet, plants have been utilized for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of

various ailments. Ficus bengalensis L., belonging to family Moraceae, commonly known as Banyan tree, is

one the most utilized plants.

It is a very large tree with spreading branches bearing multiple aerial roots hanging downward.

In traditional systems of medicines, various plant parts such as stem bark, aerial roots, vegetative buds, leaves, fruits and latex are used in diabetes, dysentery, seminal weakness, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea, erysipelas, nervous disorders, burning sensation, hemorrhages and applied topically on pimples, abscesses, wounds, ulcers, sores, cracked soles of the feet and rheumatic inflammations.

Pharmacognostic studies have been done to set its quality control parameters and various phytochemicals viz. phytosterols, anthocyanidin derivatives, fatty acids, amino acids, polysaccharides, flavonoids, flavonols, leucoanthocyanidins and triterpenoids have been identified and isolated.

This plant is reported to possess many useful pharmacological activities also viz. antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic, Antihyperlipidemic,  hypocholesterolemic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, larvicidal, anti-diarrhoeal, antimutagenic, antioxidant, cytotoxic, hepatoprotective, anti-arthritic, antiallergic and immunostimulatory.

The present review is an effort to give a detailed survey of the literature on its ethnomedical uses, pharmacognosy, physicochemical parameters, phytochemistry, pharmacological studies and other commercial uses.