Phytopharmacological Profile of Elephantopus scaber

Abstract

A review. Background: Now-a-days, plant based drug discovery has gained a great attention globally to develop new pharmaceuticals. Elephantopus scaber is a popular plant that have been traditionally used as medicine for treatment of several ailments including cancer, diabetics, edema, stomach disorder, jaundice, leucorrhea, rheumatism, fever and scabies. Phytochem. anal. reveled that the plant is rich source of terpenoids and flavanoids. The isolated compds. have known for diverse biol. functions such as antidiabetic, antibacterial, anticancer, antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects. Aim: The present review focus on chem. constituents and their potential pharmacol. roles of isolated from E. scaber. [on SciFinder(R)]