Review on taxonomical and pharmacological status of dolichos lablab

Abstract

Dolichos lablab is a fancy plant in the U.S., an accepted food in Asia, Africa, and Central & S. America. Lablab seeds are no more than 1/2 inch in length at maximum & is coloured white to brown, red and black. It is a climbing plant with broad and large leaves. It condones the pH range of 5 to 7.5 and flourishes in a various type of soils like deep sands to heavy black clays. This study concen-trates on the origin, chemical composition, distri-bution, pharmacology and taxonomic status of the aforementioned plant. The pharmacology study showed that D. lablab possessed Antimicrobial, Antidiabetic, Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxi-dant,, hypolipidemic, Cytotoxic, Insecticidal ef-fects.