World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

TAXONOMY, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA PLANT - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

Anil Kumar, SNVL Sirisha, Chetna Verma, Tanmoy Chatterjee, Neelam Sharma, Sudarshan E. Behere, Konda V. V. S. Krishna, Vikram Kumar and Uriti Sri Venkatesh*

ABSTRACT

80% of the global population, reported by the World Health Organization, generally uses traditional treatments, which may involve the consumption of plant extracts or active ingredients. The use of a broad variety of plants in healthcare in general and the treatment of common ailments has a strong basis thanks to India's mega-biodiversity as well as its of rich historical traditional medical systems. China and the Indian subcontinent are home to the Ayurvedic medicinal herb Tinospora cordifolia. In folk medicine and the Ayurvedic system, the whole plant is utilized, both alone and in conjunction with other herbs. The isolation of a wide range of compounds, including alkaloids, sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, phenolics, steroids, aliphatic compounds, and polysaccharides, as well as the discovery of a wide range of medicinal properties like immunomodulation, anticancer, hepatoprotective and treatment of cardiac disease, dysentery, helmenthiasis, skin diseases, leprosy, and many more diseases, have made T. cordifolia a subject of intense research interest over the last forty years due to its commercial significance. While T. cordifolia extracts and compounds have been researched for their pharmacological properties in vitro and in vivo, very few of their modes of action have been studied and require more work. The taxonomy, phytochemistry, and medicinal importance of the Tinospora cordifolia plant have all been covered in this paper.

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