“…One such plant is Alstonia scholaris (family Apocynaceae), popularly known as "Devil's tree" or "Saptaparni" and is attaining the attention of researcher's for its pharmacological activities. Various phytoconstituents have been reported in different parts of the plant, such as bark 12 , leaves 13 , roots 14 , flowers and fruits 16 such as alkaloids, iridoids, coumarins, flavonoids, leucoanthocyanins, reducing sugars, simple phenolics, steroids, saponins and tannins 17 . It has been reported to possess antimalarial 18 , antimicrobial 19 , free radical scavenging and antioxidant 20 , anti-diabetic 21 , analgesic and anti-inflammatory 22 , anticancer and cytotoxicity 23,24 , radioprotective 25 , CNS activity 26 , immunostimulating 27 , antifertility 28 , antidiarrheal 29 , bronchodilatory 30 , anti-tussive and anti-asthmatic 31 activities.…”