<em>Cordia macleodii</em> Hook f. Thomson-A potential Medicinal Plant

Abstract

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cordia macleodii&lt;/em&gt; Hook. f. &amp;amp; Thoms. belongs to family Boraginaceae, is an endangered medicinal plant, commonly known as “Dahiman” or “Dahipalas”. It is distributed in moist and dry deciduous forests of India such as Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chotanagpur and is widely used to cure various diseases. These bioactive compounds made this plant as a valuable potent herbal drug. It contains various bioactive compounds including Phenols, Terpenoids, Saponins, Volatile oils, Flavonoids, Glycosides etc. This review presents the pharmacological property, phytochemical constituents, traditional uses and biological activities of the plant and it will be helpful to explore the knowledge about &lt;em&gt;Cordia macleodii&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

In Vitro Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic Contents and Phytochemical Evaluation From Crude Extracts of an Endangered Plant Cordia Macleodii Hook. F. Thomson

“…The genus Cordia macleodii, an endangered medicinal plant belongs to family Boraginaceae, traditionally known as Dahipalas or Dahiman and it is distributed in moist-dry deciduas forest of central India. It is well known that the leaf and bark extracts of C. macleodii have various pharmaceutical activity such as hepatoprotective, acute toxicity, inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, wound healing, antivenom potential activity [10,11]. In addition, screening of preliminary phytochemical analysis of leaf and bark has indicated the presence of several phytochemicals viz tannins, phenols, flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids and glycosides [12,13].…”