INSIGHT ON PASSIFLORA SPECIES WITH AN OVERVIEW ON PLANT PASSIFLORA VITIFOLIA, ITS USES, PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING & IN-VITRO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY

Abstract

In India, there are plenty of herbs which are used for their medicinal properties to cure the variety of diseases. In the same lieu the category of Passifloral species are very efficacious and potential herbs. As a medicinal herb Passiflora vitifolia is a specified plant which is helpful to cure variety of health-related Issues. It is tropical climber plant and widely grown in China’s subtropical areas. From the ancient time various herbs used for their medicinal benefits. Passiflora vitifolia is one of the species which is used for their variety of medicinal actions like antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, antianginal and used to treat insomnia, asthma and migraine. Such pharmaceutical activity shown by the Passiflora species because of presence of variant chemical constituents like Alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, flavonoids, volatile oil, terpenoids etc. The objective of present study to establish the medical benefits of Passiflora vitifolia plant, phytochemical screening of chemical constituents presents in it, their utilization and invitro analysis for anti-inflammatory activity. In this investigation we also studied about the current progress in the formulation, characterization and enhancement of poor water solubility and bioavailability of phyto-phospholipid complexes.

Keywords: Passiflora vitifolia, Anti-inflammatory, Antihypertensive, Antianginal and Bioavailability.