Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy, Tiruchengode – 637 205, Tamil NÄdu, India.
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 14(02), 057–067
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.14.2.0402
Received on 30 March 2022; revised on 02 May 2022; accepted on 04 May 2022
Medicinal plants have been used as a source for medicine since ancient times. They have always been at the frontline in all cultures of civilization. They are rich sources of phytochemicals and from these phytochemicals may of the modern medicines are discovered. Achyranthes aspera is an erect perennial herb that comes under the family Amaranthaceae. A. aspera is a bitter plant that consists of secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, steroids, essential oil and fatty acids that play a significant role in exhibiting increased bioactivity against a variety of diseases. The phytoconstituents are present in various parts of the plant including seeds, roots, shoots and leaves. The main focus of this present review is to highlight the various types of secondary metabolites from A. aspera, which have a great potential for the development of effective therapeutics.
Achyranthes aspera; Amaranthaceae; Phytochemistry; Secondary metabolites
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Senthil Kumar Raju, Shridharshini Kumar, Praveen Sekar, Maruthamuthu Murugesan, Mohanapriya Karthikeyan, Anjana Elampulakkadu and Mythili Arthanari. A comprehensive review on phytochemistry of Achyranthes aspera Linn.: An Indian medicinal plant. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 14(2), 057-067. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.14.2.0402