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A Brief Review On: Therapeutical Values of Lantana Camara Plant Review Article [Saxena et al., 3(3): Mar., 2012] ISSN: 0976-7126 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & LIFE SCIENCES A brief review on: Therapeutical values of Lantana camara plant Mamta Saxena*, Jyoti Saxena 1 and Sarita Khare 2 1, Department of chemistry and 2, Department of zoology Sarojini Naidu Government Girls Post Graduate (Autonomous) College, Bhopal, (M.P.) - India Abstract In view of the fact that ancient time, plants have been a tremendous source of medicine. Since very long time Lantana camara is reported to be used in traditional medicine system for the treatment of itches, cuts, ulcers, swellings, bilious fever, cataract, eczema and rheumatism. Different parts of the plants are used in the treatment of cold, headache, chicken pox, eye injuries, whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis and arterial hypertension. Lantana camara has scientifically studied for various therapeutical activities like antioxidant, antibacterial, antipyretic, larvicidal, insecticidal, antimicrobial, wound healing and anti-hyperglycemic. The present review is an effort to give a detailed survey of the literature on its, phytochemistry, traditional uses and therapeutical studies. Key-Words: Lantana camara , Phytochemistry, Traditional uses, Therapeutics Introduction Lantan camara introduced in India as an ornamental Scientific classification plant but entirely naturalized and found throughout Kingdom Plantae India. However, it is listed as one of the significant Order Lamiales medicinal plants of the world (Ross,1999).The plant Family Verbenacea Lantana camara (Verbanaceae), generally known as Genus Lantana wild or red sage is the most widespread species of this Species camara genus and it is a woody straggling plant with various flower colors, red, pink, white, yellow and violet Fig. 1. It is an ever green strong smelling shrub, with stout Traditional uses recurred prickles, leaves opposite, ovate, acute or sub Lantana camara has been used in many parts of the acute, crenate -serrate, scab rid on both side world to treat a wide variety of disorders (Ross, 1999). (Thamotharan G, 2010) . There has been to a great In Central and South America, the leaves were made extent work conducted, especially in India, on the into a poultice to treat sores, chicken pox and measles. chemical constituents of lantana camara. The leaf oil is Fevers, colds, rheumatism, asthma and high blood used as an antiseptic for wounds and the roots are used pressure were treated with preparations from the plant for the treatment of tooth ache and the flowers for chest (Irvine, 1961). In Ghana, an infusion of the whole plant complaints in children (KR.Kirtika, BD.Basu, was used for bronchitis and the powdered root in milk 1981),while extracts from the leaves exhibit anti was given to children for stomach-ache (Irvine, 1961). proliferative, antimicrobial, fungicidal, insecticidal and In Asian countries, leaves were used to treat cuts, nematicidal activity (Saxena, 1992, Begun S, 1995, rheumatism, ulcers and intestinal worms. It has been Sharma S, 1999, Day , 2003) .Pharmacological claimed that a steroid, lancamarone, from the leaves, investigations indicated that extracts of shoots of exhibited cardio tonic properties (Sharma & Kaul, Lantana camara exhibited strong antioxidant activities 1959) and that lantamine, an alkaloid from the stem, (Basu, 2006). According to an all India ethnobiological bark and roots showed antipyretic and antispasmodic survey carried out by the Ministry of Environment & properties comparable to those of quinine (Sastri, Forests, Government of India, there are over 8000 1962).In India the leaves of the plant are boiled for tea species of plants being used by the people of India, and the decoction is a remedy against cough and it is while the biological diversity potential of plant used as a lotion for wounds and Pounded leaves are metabolites is evident from the fact that 47-marketed applied to cuts, ulcers and swellings (Verma RK, drugs have been derived from 39 tropical forest plants. 2006). * Corresponding Author E-Mail: [email protected] Int. J. of Pharm. & Life Sci. (IJPLS), Vol. 3, Issue 3: March: 2012, 1551-1554 1551 Review Article [Saxena et al., 3(3): Mar., 2012] ISSN: 0976-7126 Phytochemical constituents which can compared by aspirin induced ulcer Lantana camara have therapeutic potential due to the (Thamotharan G, 2010). The methanolic extract of presence of natural agents, Majority of their activity is Lantana camara administered orally in pyrolic ligated due to bioactive compounds viz. flavones, isoflavones, rates, ethanol induced gastric ulcer and cysteamine flavonoids, anthocyanins, coumarins, lignans, induced duodenal ulcer. The L antana camara shown catechins, isocatechins, alkaloids, tannin, saponins and healing of gastric ulcer and also prevent the triterpenoids. Study of the leaves and flowers extract development of duodenal ulcer in rate (R.Sathish, have give an idea about similar carbohydrates and lipid 2011). compositions. The carbohydrate levels were higher in Mosquito Larvicidal Activity the flowers than the leaves, and the lipids higher in the The methanol and ethanol flower extract of Lantana leaves extract (Deepak Ganjewala, 2009). camara was found to have higher rate of larvicidal rate Antioxidant Activity against Aedes aegypti , where as in the Culex The antioxidant potential of leaves of Lantana camara quinquefasciatus variety, the concentration of extracts extract measured in terms of reducing and scavenging have to be increased for better larvicidal effect (M. activity. The methanolic extract prepared from leaves I Sathish, 2008) . Essential oil obtained from the leaves and III position exhibited significantly higher of Lantana camara showed adulticidal activity against antioxidant activity than leaves present from IV to V important vectors of malaria, dengue, dengue position (Dipita Bhaktal, 2009). The antioxidant hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever and chikungunya (VK. activity of methanolic extract of Lantana camara has Dua, 2010). been reported and antioxidant activity was measured Wound Healing Activity in terms of DPPH radical scavenging activity and A Preclinical study showed Lantana camara is nitric oxide free radical scavenging method( Mayee R, effective in healing excision wounds in the 2011). experimental animal and suggests further evaluation as Antimicrobial activity a therapeutic agent in tissue repair processes associated Lantana Camara flower extract posses strong with injuries (B.Shivanandal, 2008). In other study the antibacterial activity All few types’ yellow, lavender, ethanolic extract of L antana camara leaf was evaluated red and white L antana camara, flowers displayed for their wound healing Potential in rates. Animals almost similar antibacterial activities (Deepak were experimentally wound in posterior neck area and Ganjewala, 2009). The chloroform extract of Lantana treated with thin layer of blank placebo and placebo camara showed activity against all three strains of containing 5 and 10% L antana camara extract mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Claude Kirimuhuzya, (Mahmood, 2009). 2009). Recently Ashish Saraf (Ashish Saraf, 2011), Anti helmentic Activity have reported antimicrobial activity of lantana camara Methanol extracts from the leaves, stems and roots of have reported that the leaves extracts of Lantana Lantana camara were investigated for their camara be active against various gram positive and anthelmintic activity against pheritima posthuma. The gram negative bacteria. The extract of flower, leaf, methnolic extract of stems of Lantana camara were stem and root of Lantana camara showed antibacterial found to be most active (AS.Girme, 2006).Successive activity against E.coli, p.aeruginosa, s.aureus, and leaf extracts of Lantana camara showed significant s.saprohiticus (Mary, 2011). anthelmintic activity on selected warms, ethanolic Antifungal and antiviral activity extract found to be more active compared to remaining The polymethoxylated flavone, isolated from the extracts ( Jitendra patel, 2011). methanol extract of dried leaves of Lantana camara Antipyretic activity exhibited the antibacterial and antifungal properties Concerning on the Antipyretic activity, Lantana (Rwangabo PC, 1988). In Tanzania the root bark camara ethanolic and ethyl acetate extract start extract of Lantana camara showed an in vitro lowering the body temperature from 1.5th hour (Jain antimalaria test with Plasmodium falciparum (Weenen Shonu, 2011). H, 1990). The essential oil containing ß-caryophyllene, Anti-Hyperglycemic Activity geranyl acetate, terpinyl acetate, bornylacetate and A recent literature survey showed that Lantana camara limonene remarkably inhibited the growth of many has clear the diabetes. Oral administration of a tested against fungi (Deena MJ, 2000). methanol extract of Lantana camara leaves in alloxan- Anti ulcerogenic Activity induced diabetic rats showed significant dose- Pre treatment with methanol extract of L antana dependent reduction of blood glucose concentration camara leaves produced significant anti ulcer effect (Ganesh T, 2010). In other study methanolic extracts of Int. J. of Pharm. & Life Sci. (IJPLS), Vol. 3, Issue 3: March: 2012, 1551-1554 1552 Review Article [Saxena et al., 3(3): Mar., 2012] ISSN: 0976-7126 Lantana camara administered orally in alloxan 7. Day.MD,Wiley.CJ, Playford, Zalucki.MP., induced diabetic rates, the results showed significant (2003). Lantana- Current Management, Status reduction in the blood glucose concentration in dose and Future Prospects.
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