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The Medicinal Role of Centella asiatica and Its Applications in the Dahi: A Research Review

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Thankuni, scientifically known as Centella asiatica is a ground creeper and whole plant is used for medicinal purpose. The leaf juice is used as a good health tonic and also gives relief from hypertension, CNS and gastrointestinal diseases. Thankuni extract is incorporated with dahi to improve the medicinal value. These properties have been ascribing to the active principles viz., Asiatic acid, Asiaticoside, madecassic acid, and madecassocide. These are pentacyclic triterpenes, found to display venous insufficiency, various vein and wound healing properties.

Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International

DOI: 10.9734/jpri/2019/v28i630220

Authors: Rajni Kant, Prem Prakash Srivastav, Ashis Kumar Datta

Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Language: English

Topic: Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2965019705

FWCI: 2.326

Cites: 19

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10