A REVIEW ON THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY OF TEPHROSIA PURPUREA

Abstract

Tephrosia purpurea is a wild herb belongs to the family fabaceae and commonly known as sharpunkha. It is distributed among India, Australia, China, Sri Lanka up to 400 m to 1300 m altitude. It occurs naturally in the waste places along the road sides and it prefers to grow in dry, gravelly or rocky and sandy soil. It is being used as folk medicine because of its several properties such as anticancer, antipyretic, antidiabetic, antiviral etc. Pharmacologically it is one of the most important herb because of its chemical constituents and various applications.