Alangium salvifolium Plethora of Medically Important Phytochemicals

Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine and still widely practiced today.The knowledge of the healing properties of medicinal plants has been transmitted over the centuries within and among human communities.Alangium salvifolium is a deciduous shrub belongs to family Alangiaceae with a long history of traditional medicinal uses in many countries, especially in India, China and Phillipines.Almost every part of A.salvifolium including roots, leaves, stem and bark are used in the Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicines for the treatment of various diseases.It is reported to contain various biologically active phytochemicals such as flavonoids, saponins, glycosides, alkaloids etc.The plant has been also reported to possess antifungal activity, anti-diabetic activity, antioxidant, antimicrobial activity, anti-inflammatory activity, wound healing activity, anti-cancer activity, etc.