Objective
Herbal medicine and isolated phytochemicals have been used in the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of both communicable and non-communicable diseases of human beings. Eudesmin is a natural lignin found to be present in the plants of Apiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Ochnaceae and Rutaceae family, including Aristolochia elegans, Zanthoxylum armatum, Araucaria angustifolia, Rollinia exalbida, Humbertia madagascariensis, and Mangnolia kubus. The present work aim is to collect scientific information of eudesmin with respect to its medicinal importance, pharmacological activities and analytical aspects and analyzed it in order to know their therapeutic effectiveness in medicine.
Conclusions
Present work revealed the pharmacological activities and analytical aspects of eudesmin. Presented scientific information revealed to the anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-tumor, cytotoxicity, anti-convulsant, sedative effect, insecticidal and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of eudesmin. However eudesmin has therapeutic potential against allergic diseases, adipogenic differentiation, diabetic nephropathy, gastrointestinal motility, lung cancer, microbial transformation, neurite outgrowth, and vascular relaxation.
