Hibiscus herbs - a comprehensive botanical, chemical and biological overview

Abstract

Hibiscus cannabinus and Hibiscus sabdariffa are the most multidimensional plants in the Genus Hibiscus. Current overview is an updated comprehensive reported outcome of these plants, for its botanical, chemical and biological activities. It provides mainly botanical features of the plants for identification. It also includes the ethno-traditional medicinal practices of those plants. Till date, the presence of various reported phytochemicals like volatile compounds i.e. E-phytol, linolenic acid, trisiloxane-1,1,1,5,5,5-hexamethyl-3,3-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy], linoleic acid, caffeic acid, kaempferitrin, vanillic acid etc. are embrace the key of biological activities in these plants which reflects in the traditional uses. The aerial view of In vivo and In vitro reported biological activities like Anti-anemic, Antihyperlipidemic, Antidiabetic, Anthelmintic, Hepatoprotective, Antiulcer, Anti-hypercholesterolemic, Antibacterial, Glycosylation Inhibition etc. make this herb a multidimensional in its domain as pharmacologically active herbs. On the other hand the exploration of metabolic profiles, nanoparticulated activities, Cytotoxicity, Anti-oxidant profile etc. indicated the vast usefulness of these herbs. Alteration of fiber by unite copolymerization is a scientific update from Hibiscus cannabinus and Toxicological Studies concluded with safety of these plants were described. The correlation with phytochemicals and related pharmacological actions in these plants were well indicated in this review. Various scopes of biological activities in both the species were clearly visualized and well defined. This review will leads the researches to obtain all aspects of information under one umbrella and help them to explore more scientific date by refereeing this bulk upto date data base of these two plant species. All such information's in one not been reported till date.