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  • An overview on the Pharmacognosy and Pharmacological activities of the Bauhinia acuminata including its other Species
  • 1Assistant Professor, Devsthali Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Kichha Road, Lalpur, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand 263148
    2Assistant teacher, Government Primary School, Sirol Mahadev, Uttarakhand 263645

Abstract

These species are germinated nearby to tropical southeastern Asia. The fundamental names of white Bauhinia, white orchid-tree, and bone-chilling orchid-tree. The Bauhinia species have a great therapeutically effect and traditional properties of some specific disease and disorder. They have richly amount of flavonoids, quercetin, kaempferol, saponins, steroid, protein, phenols, tannins, and glycoside. The plant species have reported various experimental pharmacological activity that’s like antinociceptive, antibacterial, antifungal, antidiabetic, stimulus, membrane stabilizing, and antimicrobial, ameliorative effect in chronic arsenicosis, hepatoprotective, carbon tetrachloride induced toxicity, antidiarrheal, cancer.

Keywords

Phytochemical screening of Bauhinia acuminata and pharmacological action of Bauhinia acuminata

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Kirti Roy
Corresponding author

Assistant Professor, Devsthali Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Kichha Road, Lalpur, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand 263148

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Prabhash Dhali
Co-author

Assistant teacher, Government Primary School, Sirol Mahadev, Uttarakhand 263645

Kirti Roy*, Prabhash Dhali, An overview on the Pharmacognosy and Pharmacological activities of the Bauhinia acuminata including its other Species, Int. J. in Pharm. Sci., 2023, Vol 1, Issue 9, 385-390. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8362881

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