Ethnopharmacological Profile of Curcuma aromatica Salisb

Abstract

This review consists of summary of one of the important plants Curcuma aromatica Salisb. which has a very great importance since past times. Since from decades its extracts from its parts have a great use for healing wound property also used as a flavouring agent, preservative, colouring agent too. Turmeric has a long history of therapeutic usage in South Asia. This literature has been collected from different online sources like PubMed, Google Scholar, Research Gate etc. The abstract of knowledge has also been gained from the local people who have been using this wild herb because of its importance in the field of nutrition, medicinal and also added with the flavouring agent quality. There are many bioactive compounds that are responsible for various biological properties like anti-diabetic, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, anti-melanogenic, antitumour, anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti–platelet, anti-nephrotoxic, anticancer and anti-repellent activity to treat various kinds of diseases. This review contains a systematic and traditional knowledge collected on the areas like habitat, area of distribution and its pharmacological importance and its morphological characters, phytochemistry and also the ethnomedicinal uses from the various regions of Himachal Pradesh.