A REVIEW ON PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE GENUS ALSTONIA
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ABOUT AUTHORS
RAMYA MADHIRI1, G. VIJAYALAKSHMI2
1Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, AU college of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530 003.
2Department of Biotechnology, GIT, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam -530 045
*ramyapraveen2709@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Herbal medicines contribute a major share of officially recognized health care systems. Scientific research was trending on the isolation of active compounds of herbal origin. The present review concentrate on important species, active constituents, pharmacological aspects, identification tests for active constituents and the important research work carried out on the genus Alstonia which may be helpful for the future research work.
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