A REVIEW ON VARIETIES OF ARKA - CALOTROPIS PROCERA (AITON) DRYAND. AND CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA (L.) DRYAND

Herbal medicines have been used from the earliest times to the present day. The ethno-botanical pharmacology is as old as man himself. Herbal medicines exhibit a remarkable therapeutic diversity. Arka is a plant which has been used in several traditional medicines to treat a variety of diseases. Cal...

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Published in:Global journal of research on medicinal plants and indigenous medicine 2013-05, Vol.2 (5), p.392-392
Main Authors: Poonam, Punia, Gaurav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics
Asthma
Ayurvedic medicine
Calotropis
Calotropis procera
Cytotoxicity
Flowers & plants
Hindus
Leaves
Seeds
Toxicity
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Summary:Herbal medicines have been used from the earliest times to the present day. The ethno-botanical pharmacology is as old as man himself. Herbal medicines exhibit a remarkable therapeutic diversity. Arka is a plant which has been used in several traditional medicines to treat a variety of diseases. Calotropis procera and Calotropis gigantea are two varieties of Arka described in Ayurveda by the name of Rakta Arka and Shveta Arka. Both have almost similar properties but C. procera is considered somewhat superior. In Ayurvedic texts also by the name of Arka, Acharyas mentioned Rakta Arka (Calotropis procera) because of having more medicinal properties than C. gigantea. This plant has been known to possess analgesic, antitumor, antihelmintic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antidiarrhoeal, anticonvulsant, antimicrobial, oestrogenic, antinociceptive, and antimalarial activity. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2277-4289