An Ethno botanical and Pharmacological Review on Phyla nodiflora

Abstract

Phyla nodiflora (Verbenaceae) traditionaly known to jalpapli. Traditionally it is used to treat various diseases like anorexia, gonorrhoea, flatulence, knee joint pain, ulcer, haemorrhoids, colic, asthma, dyspepsia, helminthiasis, diarrhoea, hepatitis, cardiopathy and fever ulcer. According to ethanomedicinal survey it is use for treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders and also use as antimalarial, spasmolytic, sedative, hypotensive. This property attract many scientist of study phytochemistry and isolation & extraction of novel active phytoconstituents. Hence, there is chance to extraplote the various pharmaolocgical actions. Thus, this review emphesize on the present need of comprehensive study for explore the medicinal importnace of Phyla nodiflora.