title: A review on ethno-medicinal uses and pharmacology of Vernonia cinerea Less.
abstract: Vernonia cinerea Less. (ash-coloured fleabane; Asteraceae) is a widely distributed plant throughout India. The plant has reputation as folklore medicine in various traditional systems of medicine. The plant has been evaluated for varied pharmacological activities to validate its traditional claims, and has been scientifically reported to possess anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, renoprotective, anticancer, antiviral, antimicrobial activities, etc. This review emphasises on ethnopharmacology and pharmacology of V. cinerea.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research , Punjabi University , Patiala 147 002 Punjab , India.
authors.forename: Nittya K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Dogra
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D035741:Vernonia / Q000737:chemistry*
keywords: Asteraceae; Vernonia cinerea; anti-inflammatory; anticancer; antidiabetic