Abstract

*Dr. Apurva Arun Bagad and Dr. Parshuram Pawar

ABSTRACT

Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75- 80 % of the world population, maily in the developing countries, for primary health care because of better culture acceptability, better compatibility with the human body and lesser side effect. One of the such medicinal plant is Holarrhena antidysentrica; family Apocynaceae which is commonly known as kurchi plant. All parts of plants arer important like root, bark, flowers, seeds, The Holarrhena antidysentrica has high traditional & medicinal value for maintain disease free life. Traditionally the plant is used in dysentery, hemorrhoids, amoebic dysentery and skin disease. The plant is reported to posses anti-bacterial, anti-diabetic, anti-plasmodial activity. This activity of the plant posses due to important phytochemical constituents like kurchine, conessimine.