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Review
. 2016 Mar 20;7(1):65-78.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.02.003. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Medicinal properties of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.: A review

Augustine Amalraj  1 , Sreeraj Gopi  1
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Medicinal properties of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.: A review

Augustine Amalraj et al. J Tradit Complement Med. .

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been a main source of therapeutic agents from ancient time to cure diseases. Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (T. arjuna) is one of the most accepted and beneficial medicinal plants in indigenous system of medicine for the treatment of various critical diseases. This comprehensive review provides various aspects of its ethnomedical, phytochemical, pharmacognostical, pharmacological and clinical significance to different diseases particularly in cardiovascular conditions. This plant has a good safety outline when used in combination with other conventional drugs. This review highlights various medicinal properties of T. arjuna through different studies such as antioxidant, hypotensive, anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, anti-mutagenic and gastro-productive effect.

Keywords: Coronary artery disease; Medicinal property; Phytochemistry; Terminalia arjuna; Triterpenoids.

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Structure of important terpenoids and glycosides isolated from Terminalia arjuna.
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Structure of ursane triterpenoids isolated from Terminalia arjuna.
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Structure of important flavonoids isolated from Terminalia arjuna.
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