TY - JOUR AU - Jasmine S, Famina AU - Moorthi P, Vinayaga PY - 2017/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COUROUPITA GUIANENSIS: THE RESERVOIR OF MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS OF HUMAN WELFARE JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research JA - Asian J Pharm Clin Res VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Review Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i3.16174 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/16174 SP - 50-52 AB - <p>ABSTRACT<br />Medicinal plants play a role in the traditional form of providing relief to several diseases. Couroupita guianensis is also a type of medicinal plant<br />which has antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antitumor, antiulcer, antinociceptive, anthelmintic, antifertility, and antifungal<br />activities. The chemical constituent of C. guianensis such as indirubin serves as an antibacterial and antifungal agent because it particularly cures<br />fungal diseases. It is active for the treatment of chronic myelocytic leukemia. The extract of isatin from the flower of C. guianensis is also a chemical<br />component that has been used as prophylactic agent, prevents free radial-induced cancer, acts as a chemotherapeutic agent to kill cancer cells, and it<br />has antioxidant (act as major defense) and anticancer activities against human promylocytic leukemia 60 cells. The extract of chloroform of fruit of<br />C. guianensis shows good antimicrobial activity but low antimycobacterial activity. The plant extract of C. guianensis is equipotent to standard drugs<br />such as paracetamol in its analgesic activity and indomethacin in its anti-inflammatory activity.<br />Keywords: Couroupita quianensis, Antibacterial activity, Anti tumor activity, Antioxidant activity, Anti biofil.</p> ER -