THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS - AN OVERVIEW
B. Ramya Sree
Department of Biotechnology, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati
Jyothi M. Joy
Department of Pharmacognosy, Sree Vidyanikethan College of Pharmacy, Tirupati
The chemical groups isolated from Carthamus tinctorius were included oils, proteins, minerals, phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, lignans, carboxylic acids, steroids, polysaccharides, quinochalcone C-glycosides and quinone-containing chalcones. It exerted many pharmacological activities including central nervous, cardiac, vascular, anticoagulant, reproductive, gastrointestinal, antioxidant, hypolipidemic, metabolic and many other pharmacological effects. This paper will highlight the chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Carthamus tinctorius.
5 , 3 , 2015
143 - 166