Quisqualis indica Linn : A Review of its Medicinal Properties

An herbal medicine is crude drugs obtained from vegetables or plant which are the origin of herbal drugs utilized for the treatment of disease states, often of a chronic nature, or to attain or maintain a condition of improved health. Phytogenic agents have traditionally been used by herbalists for several diseases from the past two decades. This article contain brief reviews of medicinal properties of plant Quisqualis Indica Linn which had been proved but are rarely used as a herbal medicines, the point which have to be considered that this plant can be available easily as it is an evergreen plant and most of the people were used to decorate their house, as this is an ornamental plant too which doesn’t depend on seasons to grow. Quisqualis indica Linn contains phytoconstituents such as trigonelline (alkaloid), L-proline (α-amino acid), L-asparagine (α-amino acid), quisqualic acid (agonist for both AMPA receptors), rutin (flavonoid) and two forms of the cysteine synthase, isoenzyme A and isoenzyme B (enzyme) and due to presence of these phytoconstituents it is showing various activities such as anti-inflammatory activity, antipyretic activity, immunomodulatory activity, antistaphylococcal activity, anthelmintic activity, antiseptic activity etc.