A OVERVIEW ON PROSOPIS CINERARIA; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT AND THERAPEUTIC USES

Sanket Sadashiv Landkar* and Dr. Komal Sadashiv Landkar

ABSTRACT

Prosopis Cineraria is a plant belonging to family Fabaceae. It is deep rooted, nitrogen fixing, multipurpose plant present in the hot desert area of the India. The plant contains about 44 different types of species. The tree mostly grows on alluvial soils consisting of various mixtures of sand and clay. The plant contains patuletin glycoside patulitrin, 10 sitosterol, spicigerine, Flavone derivatives Prosogerin A, Prosogerin B, Prosogerin C, Prosogerin D, Prosogerin E, 3-benzyl-2hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid. The Prosopis cineraria shows various activities like Antibacterial, anti-depressant and skeletal muscle relaxant, hypercholesterolemic, hypolipidemic and antiatherosclerotic, spasmodic and bronchodilator, nootropic activities, antitumour. This plant is also called as the “Queen of Desert”.

Keywords: Prosopis Cineraria, Prosogerin, Kalptaru, leukoderma etc.