Phyto-Pharmacological Review on Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng: As an Indigenous Plant of India with High Medicinal Potential

Abstract

The medicinal aspects of Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. It also provides the latest updated information on pharmacological and plant patents on phytoconstituents. The information was collected from various sources, including literature surveys, textbooks, databases, and internet sources like Scopus, Science Direct, Pubmed, Springer, Google Scholar, Taylor and Francis. The plant, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng is an extensive valuable, and important medicinal plant in the Indian System of Medicine. The plant proved to show various ethnomedicinal uses mentioned in the literature and even possessed various pharmacological activities. Different bioactive metabolites exhibit several biological activities. However, the biological efficacies of various other chemical constituents are yet to be clarified and proved concerning the molecular mechanisms.

Keywords: Murraya koenigii; medicinal plant; pharmacological properties; phytoconstituents; spices.