A BRIEF PHYTOPHARMACOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF TYLOPHORA INDICA - AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT

摘要

Tylophora indica is an important medicinal plant from the repository of valuable plant species of Indian subcontinent. The plant has a long reputation in curing various health ailments including asthma, bronchitis, rheumatism and other respiratory problems. Due to its vast medicinal importance, the plant is exploited on a large scale and its uncontrolled and unmonitored harvesting from the wild has categorized the plant among the endangered plant species