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Current Traditional Medicine

Author(s): Shikha Srivastava*

DOI: 10.2174/2215083810666230413094344

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Guggul: Potency and Mechanistic Insight for Tremendous Therapeutic Benefit

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Abstract

Commiphoramukul being a treasure to phytochemicals, are of great medicinal value. The plant, composed of flavonoids, phytosterols and terpenes, possesses antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and anticancerous properties with wide therapeutic activities. The active ingredient in plants include ketosteroids, E and Z guggulsterone, ellagic acid, myrrhanols B, myrrhanonesA, myrrhanoes B, guggulsterone-I, guggulsterone-II, guggulsterone-III. Various phytochemicals in plants play a very vital role in treating acute to chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory gastric disorders, hyperlipidemia, cancer, ageing, and for cosmetic purposes too. The present chapter aims to update mankind with the profound phytochemical constituents present in plants and their pharmacological application.

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