title: Medicinal properties ofTerminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.: A review.
abstract: Medicinal plants have been a main source of therapeutic agents from ancient time to cure diseases.Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.(T. arjuna) is one of the most accepted and beneficial medicinal plants in indigenous system of medicine for the treatment of various critical diseases. This comprehensive review provides various aspects of its ethnomedical, phytochemical, pharmacognostical, pharmacological and clinical significance to different diseases particularly in cardiovascular conditions. This plant has a good safety outline when used in combination with other conventional drugs. This review highlights various medicinal properties ofT. arjunathrough different studies such as antioxidant, hypotensive, anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, anti-mutagenic and gastro-productive effect.
authors.affiliation: R&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs Pvt Ltd, Kolenchery, Cochin, India.
authors.forename: Augustine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amalraj
authors.affiliation: R&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs Pvt Ltd, Kolenchery, Cochin, India.
authors.forename: Sreeraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopi
keywords: Coronary artery disease; Medicinal property; Phytochemistry; Terminalia arjuna; Triterpenoids