GENUS POLYGONUM (POLYGONACEAE) : A REVIEW

Abstract

The present paper reviews the distribution, botany, and traditional medicinal property, phytochemistry, pharmacodynamics, and potential applications of bioactive compounds of the genus Polygonum L.(s.l.). Substantial works of several workers establish the importance and potentiality of the genus in the pharmaceutical industry. However, there is a scope for further investigations regarding details of molecular characterization, pathways in the production of secondary metabolites, bioactive compounds, and their efficiency and effectiveness, along with GCMS and binding affinity to other ligands which require proper study for their future utilization. Finally, the tendency and perspective for future investigation of the genus Polygonum L.(s.l.) are discussed too.