A review on phyto pharmacological, botanical and marketed formulation studies of Anethum sowa
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A review on phyto pharmacological, botanical and marketed formulation studies of Anethum sowa Sangeeta Singh1 · Mohammad Khalid1 · Muhammad Arif1 · Farogh Ahsan1 Received: 13 November 2018 / Accepted: 17 July 2020 © Institute of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University 2020
Abstract Anethum as vast growing aromatic plant of family umbelliferae which is extensively used in therapeutic preparations and in different cuisines. The plant is a local inhabitant of southern Europe known as Dill originating from Norse Dilla which means to have soothing and healing ability. The phytochemical investigation revealed the presence of flavonoids, glucosides, alkaloids, vitamins, minerals, proteins and essential oil. The present review emphasizes mainly on the significant information about its phytochemical investigations, pharmacological activities as well as ethnopharmacological properties as traditional medicine. The plant has been investigated and it displayed notable pharmacological activities such as antidiabetic, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant and cytotoxic activity, hypoglycemic and hematopoietic potential, insecticidal activity. The entire plant is important for the medicinal purpose which can be further explored and studied for future pharmaceutical perspective. Keywords Anethum · Dill · Antidiabetic · Antimicrobial activity · Antioxidant · Cytotoxic activity
Introduction Many herbal remedies have been employed in various systems of medicine for the prevention, cure and management of different diseases (Heamalatha et al. 2011). Use of herbs as complementary medication for treatment of diseases has been prevailed in the world (Mobasseri et al. 2014). Up to 70% of the rural population depends on drugs obtained from plants for healthcare and other requirements of daily life. Lack of primary healthcare centres, transportation facilities, repressive cost of treatment, side effects of several chemical drugs have led to enhanced prominence on the use of plants as a source of medicines for a large number of human diseases (Kamboj 2000). Several modern drugs have been prepared from plant sources (Saini et al. 2014). Moreover, the World Health Organization (WHO) encourages the use of medicinal plants as these are effective, safe, less toxic, easily available and authentic natural resources (World Health Report 1995). In India, the native people are exploiting a wide range of herbal
* Mohammad Khalid [email protected] 1
Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, UP 226026, India
drugs for effective treatment of several ailments (Rao and Neogi 1980). Anethum is an annual or biennial herb consisting of not less than four species belonging to family Umbelliferae. Two species of the genus Anethum produces dill oil, which is used in various pharmaceutical preparations. Anethum sowa, the Indian species of the genus anethum is considered as a variety of Anethum graveolens (Singh 2012). Almost entire part of the plant, green parts as well as the fruits have been used since ancient times both in cuisines around th
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