Plant Review
    Pharmacognosy Reviews
    Vol. 2
    Issue 3
    2008
    pp. 168-172
    Open Access

    A Review on Some Important Medicinal Plants of Chlorophytum spp.

    Thakur Mayank1,Dixit V.K1
    1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciecnes, Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) 470003 , INDIA.
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    *Dixit V.K

    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciecnes, Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) 470003 , INDIA.

    vkdixit2011@rediffmail.com

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    2008 Author(s)

    Published:17/01/2008

    Abstract

    A number of herbs belonging to the specie Chlorophytum are noted for their medicinal benefits in Ayurvedic, and Unani system of medicine. A lot of medicinally important attributes have been assigned to the plants of this specie. The important plants which have so far been explored include C. adescendens, C. borivilianum, C. laxum, C. tuberosum and C. comosum. Although, pandemic in usage, there is an exiguity of scientific literature proclaiming medicinal benefits of the plants belonging to Chlorophyutm spp. It is only in the recent past that there has been an opulence of research work on the medicinal cultivation and biotechnological virtues the plants in this species. The present review is a pragmatic approach to accrue the findings on this very important spp.

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    Keywords

    Chlorophytum species
    Ayurvedic medicine
    Medicinal attributes
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