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eCAM Advance Access originally published online on May 11, 2006
eCAM 2006 3(2):217-222; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel018
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Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka): A Review of its Chemical, Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Properties

Subha Rastogi1, Dinesh K. Kulshreshtha2 and Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat1

1 Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow 226001, India, and 2 Medicinal Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow 226001, India

Streblus asper Lour is a small tree found in tropical countries, such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Various parts of this plant are used in Ayurveda and other folk medicines for the treatment of different ailments such as filariasis, leprosy, toothache, diarrhea, dysentery and cancer. Research carried out using different in vitro and in vivo techniques of biological evaluation support most of these claims. This review presents the botany, chemistry, traditional uses and pharmacology of this medicinal plant.

Keywords: antifilarial – cardiac glycosides – Moraceae – Shakhotaka – Streblus asper

For reprints and all correspondence: Subha Rastogi, Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, India. Tel: +91-0522-2205831; Fax: +91-0522-2205836; E-mail: subharastogi1{at}rediffmail.com


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