title: Arnica montana L. - a plant of healing: review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Arnica montana is a widely used therapeutic plant used traditionally to treat various ailments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the botany, phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology along with special emphasis given on pharmacological activity of plant A. montana.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The plant extracts have been reported to possess antibacterial, antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and immunomodulatory activity. A wide range of chemical compounds including sesquiterpene lactones and their short-chain carbonic acid esters, flavonoids, carotenoids, essential oils, diterpenes, arnidiol, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, coumarins, phenolic acids, lignans and oligosaccharides, etc., are found in different parts of the plant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It has been scrutinized that extensive research has been carried out to explore the therapeutic potential of flowers of the plant. Therefore, investigations should be carried out to explore the therapeutic potential of other parts of the plant for better therapeutic utilization.
authors.affiliation: Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.|I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2250-9169
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kriplani
authors.affiliation: Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guarve
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Uttam S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Baghael
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018650:Arnica; D020834:Ethnopharmacology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D035264:Flowers; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018517:Plant Roots; D012639:Seeds; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts
keywords: 
  Arnica montana
  ; anti-inflammatory; helenalin; sesquiterpene lactones