REVIEW ON THE NEURONAL ASPECT OF VITEX NEGUNDO-BENEFICIAL TO THE BRAIN HEALTH
Pavithra Dass and Palayyan Muralidharan*
ABSTRACT
Vitex negundo L. (Verbenaceae) is a hardy plant, which is credited with innumerable medicinal activities and holds importance in traditional medicine. Almost all the parts of this plant possess enormous medicinal values and it has been extensively used against wide spectrum of disease in traditional and folk medicine. Phytochemical investigation shows the presence of great number of secondary metabolites such as volatile oil, triterpenes, diterpenes, sesquiterpenes, lignan, flavonoids, flavones, glycosides, iridoid glycosides and stilbene derivative which impart a prodigious medicinal use to the plant. Now a day’s greater attention is drawn towards the established traditional systems of herbal remedies for many brain disorders, which bring about positive hopes for the patients. It is estimated approximately that more than 60 million Indian populations suffers from mental disorders while the country dawdle far behind the world for treatments and pay out in the hospitals for mental cure. This review aims at presenting comprehensive information on therapeutic potential of Vitex negundo on Neurological and Brain disorder, which can be helpful in development of modern medicine.
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