Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, India
Abstract
Background:
Herbal medicines have been derived from different parts of the plants
including roots, bark, seeds, flowers, and leaf. Human beings have been using herbal medicine and
their derived phytochemicals for the treatment of human health complications since ancient times.
Presence of different classes of phytochemicals is responsible for different pharmacological activities
of herbal drugs and their derived products.
Methods:
Numerous scientific literature data have been searched to collect all the needed scientific
information of the present article. Scientific literature databases such as Google, Google Scholar,
Science Direct, and PubMed have been searched in the present work to collect all the scientific
information of swertisin. Medicinal importance and pharmacological activities of swertisin have
been investigated in the present work through literature data analysis of different scientific research
works. Therapeutic benefits of swertisin against cognitive impairment, diabetes, hepatitis B,
pain and chromosomal damage have been investigated through literature data analysis of different
scientific research works.
Results:
Literature data analysis of numerous scientific research works revealed the biological
potential of swertisin in medicine as it is present in different medicinal plants i.e. Wilbrandia
ebracteata, Swertia franchetiana, Swertia mussotii, Enicostemma hyssopifolium, and Iris tectorum.
Scientific data analysis revealed the therapeutic effectiveness of swertisin against cognitive impairment,
diabetes, hepatitis B, pain and chromosomal damage. Scientific data analysis signified
the importance of different analytical techniques for qualitative and quantitative analysis of
swertisin in different samples.
Conclusion:
Present study signified the biological importance and therapeutic benefit of swertisin
in medicine.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics