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FLEMINGIA VESTITA- A REVIEW ON THE UNEXPLORED PLANT FROM THE NORTH EAST INDIA
Rahnam Berceroy Jyrwa, Asst. Prof. Sangita Boro* & Asst. Prof. Bhriganka Bharadwaj
ABSTRACT
The genus Flemingia (family Leguminosae) comprises over fourty species in the world. In out of all the fourty species Flemingia vestita is the one that is found to be present as a wild herb in the mountain slope of Himalayas. It is distributed in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China and Nepal. In India this Flemingia species has been abundantly found to be preent in the Northeastern region i.e. the Khasi hills and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya. It is also sparsely found in Laos, Philippines and Vietnam. It has been traditionally used as an anthelmintic, the basis of which has been scientifically validated. Previous studies showed that it is rich in bioactive isoflavones such as genistein, daidzein, formononetin and pseudobaptigenin. This review article includes the detailed exploration of the morphology, phytochemistry, and pharmacological aspects of Flemingia vestita in an attempt to provide a direction for further research.
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