BETANIN- PROPERTIES & THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS

With the enhanced researches and studies upon phytochemicals, it isbeing found that phytomedicines can prove to be safer and equivalentlyactive as synthetic medicines. And since, there are numerous suchphytochemicals been found and still are being researched which arehaving various vital therapeutic activities, whether it is antiviral oranticancer, phytochemicals can treat such disease conditions withequivalent effect along with minimal side effects. Thus, demand andresearches upon phytomedicines are increasing day by day. One ofsuch vital phytochemical is Betanin, found mostly in beetroot, whichhas found to have many additive action such as colourant, pH indicatoras well as therapeutical activity such as anticancer, antidiabetic, antimicrobial activities. Inthis article, a detailed review upon various therapeutical activities along with its mechanismand benefit in comparison to synthetic drug for such disease conditions have been discussed.