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eCAM Advance Access published online on May 11, 2006
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nel018
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© The Author (2006). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Received December 20, 2005
Accepted March 16, 2006

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Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka): A Review of its Chemical, Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Properties

Subha Rastogi 1 *, Dinesh K. Kulshreshtha 2, and Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat 1

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

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Subha Rastogi, E-mail: subharastogi1{at}rediffmail.com


  Abstract

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, disentery 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.
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