In recent years the use of medicinal plant has increased as a low cost alternative to the expensive modern drugs. Strobilanthes ciliatus Nees (Bremek.) Known as "Sahachara" is widely used today in indigenous Indian systems of medicine has been shown to possess a range of folk and proven biological activities such as antiinflammatory, analgesic, anticancer, antimicrobial, antidiabetic and hepatoprotective. The roots and leaves of the plant are used as major ingredient in many of the Ayurvedic preparations especially meant to relieve pain and inflammation Compounds such as lupeol, stigmasterol, betulin, stigmasterol glycosides and 4-acetyl-2, 7-hydroxy-1, 4, 8,-triphenyl-octane-3, 5-dione were reported from the acetone extract of the stem. Lupeol is the major compound reports from the various parts of the plant and is well reported for its broad pharmacological potential. The reported biological activities and the phytoconstituents together, however, contribute to the medicinal importance of the plant. The present review covers the available information on the studies carried out on the biological and chemical aspects of S.ciliatus Nees.
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