THERAPEUTICS, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF CASSIA FISTULA LINN: A REVIEW
Mushfique Shadab Ravish, *Wasim Ahmad, Fahmeeda Zeenat and Mohd Arshad Jamal
ABSTRACT
The tree of Cassia fistula L. is a middle sized, erect tree, glabrous in its all parts. It is popularly known as golden shower Indian laburnum. It is cultivated as an ornamental tree for its attractive yellow blossoms in pendant racemes in many places of India. It is believed that it was introduced into Indian and European medicine through Arabs. The tree is found throughout India. It is also distributed in different parts of the world like Asia, Brazil, Mexico, East Africa and South Africa, Ceylon- Malaya, China and Burma. The different parts of the tree have various pharmacological activities viz laxative, antispasmodic, antipyretic, astringent, purgative, abortifacient, demulcent and emetic etc. The drug has been used in Unani Medicine (Tibb-e-Unani) and other Traditional Systems of Medicine since centuries. Keeping in view the medicinal importance of the drug, an attempt has been made in the present paper to review the available literature on traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of various parts of Cassia fistula plant.
Keywords: Amaltas, Cassia fistula.
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