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Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl. (Olacaceae): current status and future prospects as an herbal plant Raja Majumder1   · Lopamudra Adhikari1 · Moonmun Dhara1 Received: 8 May 2020 / Accepted: 5 August 2020 © Institute of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University 2020

Abstract Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl. traditionally used by the tribal community of ‘INDIA’ to heal conditions such as pain, psoriasis, mouth-ulcer, anemia, constipation as well as diabetes. Documented scientific shreds of evidence like antipyretic, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-viral, anti-cancer, toxicity profile improved its medicinal value. Chromatographic evaluation (GC–MS) proven near about presence of 25 compounds. Among them, hexadecanoic methyl ester, β-sitosterol, phytol, methyl salicylate, 13-docosenamide, and oleanolic acid are significant and contribute to its successful medicinal properties. The toxicity study also revealed the safety of the consumption of the leaf part. Still, consecutive gaps need to be exploring to gather evidence of its contribution to curing different ailments, especially upon the ulcer, anemia, and identification of the presence of lead compounds as an upcoming future research proposal. The ‘Internet Scholar’, ‘Study Guide’, ‘PubMed’, ‘ScienceDirect’, ‘Scopus’, and ‘Sodhganga’ web site have been accessed to gather information about detailed scientific research as well as traditional information from authenticated sources that have been published in the English language. The various folklore claimed medicinal properties like anti-ulcer, aphthous ulcer, analgesic, anti-diabetic, anti-anemic, etc. yet to be justified scientifically with lead compounds that can support the rationality being used as folklore. This plant could be a good choice to explore its importance within the pharmacognostic field of drug development and might be a better source of herbal derived lead compounds which can help to heal ulcer or anemia that can effectively make a credible addition to treatment among the civilization as a natural source of therapeutic compounds. Keywords  Anti-anemic · Anti-ulcer · Anti-inflammatory · β-Sitosterol · Phytol · Methyl salicylate

Introduction For medicinal and beauty goods more than one-tenth of plant varieties (over 50,000 plants) are included. Yet medicinal plant distribution throughout the world is not even (Huang 2011). Mainly the natural world understands traditional medicines as well as its sources. In reality, demand in Europe, North America, and Asia for wildlife * Raja Majumder [email protected] Lopamudra Adhikari [email protected] Moonmun Dhara [email protected] 1



Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India

sources have risen by 8–15% each year over the last few decades (Verma and Singh 2008). The active compounds are directly or indirectly beneficial in most areas of medical plants and are used as medicinal agents. Certain materials that