A REVIEW ON ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC LEAVES EXTRACT OF NYCTANTHAS ARBOR-TRISTIS

Parijata [Nyctanthes arbor-tristis] is commonly called as the night jasmine, is one of the most useful traditional medicinal plants in India. It is distributed widely in sub-Himalayan regions and southwards to Godavari. Each part of the plant has some important medicinal value and is thus commercially exploitable. It is now considered as a valuable source of several unique products for the medicines against various diseases and also for the development of some industrial products. The nyctanthes arbor-tristis leaves have the medicinal use such as anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, , anti-allergic, anti-viral, diabetes control and it is used to treat the arthritic knee pains and sciatica. The present review is to focus on the anti-inflammatory activity on potential Phyto-chemicals constituents of nyctanthes arbor-tristis leaves. ^[1]

Keywords: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Anti-inflammatory, Phyto-chemical constituents, Tree of sorrow, Har-singhar, Iridoid glycosides.