A Review On Botanical Description, Phytoconstituents, And Biological Activity Of Drypetes Roxburghii

Abstract

The aim of this review is to discuss the distribution, botanical description, phytochemistry, and biological activity of Drypetes roxburghii. Electronic databases such as Scopus, Science direct, PubMed, Bentham were explored using scientific name Drypetes roxburghii and Putranjiva roxburghii. The results of the literature review shed light on following facet: Drypetes roxburghii syn. Putranjiva roxburghii is an important Indian medicinal plant belonging to family Euphorbiaceae, is distributed wildly and is cultivated throughout the tropical India, Sri Lanka, Java, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalayas, Bangladesh, Borneo, China Southeast, Laos, Malaya, Maluku. Various parts of the plants have been explored for the presence for several medicinally important phytoconstituents such as isopropyl isothiocyanate, Friedlein, putrone, putranjivadione, and many more. The plant has been scientifically reported to have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-microbial, cytotoxic, anti-platelet, anti-thrombotic and anti-epileptic activity. This review shed light on all these aspects related to Drypetes roxburghii.