World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A REVIEW ON MEDICINAL VALUES OF LEUCAS ASPERA (L.)

Uma Sharma*, Seema Bhadauria and Neha Pathak

ABSTRACT

Herbal plants are integral parts of the traditional medicine worldwide and most of the rural and urban population uses herbal plants in many of their regular needs even today. Medicinal plants have been used to cure and treatment of diseases and they find application in food, agriculture, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. Leucas aspera (L.) is member of family lamiaceae and widely distributed in all parts of India. Conventionally, it is also used as an anti-pyretic and insecticide. Leucas aspera (L.) contains various types of medicinally important phytochemicals such as terpenes, sterols, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids and its extract shows therapeutic actions like antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic activities. It is being suggested to use as larvicidal, antivenom and phytotoxic agent. A diverse range of bioactive compounds and their promising biological activities raise the significance of medicinal plants and promoted for further research.

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