A Comprehensive Review on Hedychium Coronarium J. Koenig. (Dolanchampa / Kapurkachri)

Abstract

Hedychium coronarium J. Koening (Family-Zingiberaceae) the White Ginger Lily or Dolanchampa or kapur kachri is a vigorous tall-growing ginger from the Himalayas and consist multiple stems per pot. It is hard, perennial, erect, branched, annual weed up to 3-6 feet height. The leaves are simple arranged in alternate manner with undulate margin. The flowers are white in color and have pleasant fragrance; summer flowering; fall flowering. The trunk is green in color and very thick. It is widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical region of the Asia and Africa. It is an annual branching herb which grows well on wastelands and in tropical region after the rainy season. It contains many bioactive compounds including saponins, glycosides, flavonoids, fats and volatile oil. The main plant chemical found in the plant includes hedychicoronarin, peroxycoronarin D, 7β hydroxylcalcaratarin A and E, 7β-hydroxy-6-oxo-labda-8, 12-diene-15, 16-dial. This plant has tremendous medicinal properties and its various parts are used in traditional as well as modern medicine. The rhizome of the plant is used in the treatment of diabetes, cold, body aches, headache, lancinating pain, contusion, inflammation and rheumatic pain. The rhizome has anti-cancerous, antioxidant, anti-hypertensive, diuretic, leishmanicidal, anti-malerial activities and also used in irregular menstruation, piles bleeding and stone in urinary tract.

High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography Method Development to Estimate Phytoconstituents in Hedychium species

“…Numerous chemotypic forms of essential Oils have been recorded in literature are as follows: α-pinene, β-pinene,1,8-cineole, β-caryophyllene, γ-elemene, β-trans ocimenone, linalool, caryophyllene oxide, β-caryophyllene, caryophylladienol I. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The H. coronarium has a variety of pharmacological properties, such as anti-bacterial, antiangiogenic, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-urolithiasis, mosquito larvicidal, analgesic, cancer-chemopreventive, diuretic, anti-hypertensive, hypoglycemic and CNS depressive effects. Hence, the present study was planned to study the plant's pharmacognostic characteristics, such as its morphology and phytochemical screening of plant H. coronarium in different solvents like ethanol, chloroform, and water.…”