A Review on Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology of Evolvulus Alsinoides (L.) L.

Abstract

Plants are being used as therapeutic agents due to the side effects caused by synthetic drugs. Medicinal plants have been used from ancient time for the treatment and wellbeing of human beings. The metabolites of the plants are considered to be effective in treating many ailments. Various dosage forms and a wide array of extracts have been used in the traditional system of medicine with potent therapeutic activity experimentally and clinically. Evolvulus alsinoides (L). L is a perennial herb with anticonvulsant, nootropic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anxiolytic, cardioprotective effects and inhibition of lipid peroxidation in pancreas. This review article is a sincere effort to put forward the therapeutical importance and phytochemistry of the plant.