Review on Costus speciosus a Medicinal Plant

Novel Insight into the Cellular and Molecular Signaling Pathways of Costus speciosus in the Treatment of COVID-19: A Review

“…The ethanolic extract of C. speciosus leaves was found to significantly reduce the blood glucose level when administered orally to diabetic experimental animal models. 21 The ethanolic extract of C. speciosus rhizomes also showed a significant antidiabetic effect in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. 42 In diabetic rats, the hexane crude extract of C. specious rhizomes was effective in bringing down and normalizing the serum glucose level.…”

“…The geospatial distribution in the country ranges throughout to the foothills of the Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh to Assam; the Vindhya Satpura Hills in central India; the Eastern Ghats of Andra Pradesh; the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Bihar, and Khasi; as well as the Jaintia Hills, Uttaranchal, Orissa, MP, North Bengal, West Bengal, and Himalayan tracts, 11 excluding the arid and semiarid areas of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and the Peninsular India (Table 1). [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] This plant thrives well on rich moist soil in shady localities under deciduous forests; hence, it is located wildly in the soggy wet-lands, particularly in the streams and river banks. 16 It grows well in a climate with high humidity 16 and is found in road-side ditches and low-lying areas 10 in the marshy and shady places 17 of forest plantation.…”

“…5,9,18,33 A detailed overview of all of the probable mechanistic details of C. speciosus as well as salient findings is also provided in Table 2. 11,12,15,17,[19][20][21][22][23][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]…”

Antistressor effect of Costus speciosus on noise induced immunological changes in rats

“…The plant has been observed to possess various pharmacological effects such as antifungal, antibacterial, anticholinesterase, antihyperglycemic, antioxidant, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-in lammatory, antidiuretic, antistress, larvicidal and estrogenic activity (Agrawal et al, 2018). Costus speciosus rhizomes are bitter, acrid, astringent, aphrodisiac, cooling, purgative, depurative, anthelminthic, febrifuge, tonic, expectorant, improve digestion, and is a stimulating herb that dissipates toxins.…”