Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review of Sesbania grandiflora

Abstract

There are around 60 global species including genus Sesbania, which are commonly available. The leaves of Sesbania grandiflora is used as local traditional medicine. Most of all parts of plant of S. grandiflora are used in traditional medicine as well as phytochemical investigations, seeds and roots of Sesbania grandiflora to provide scientific validation of its properties. The family of Sesbania grandiflora is fabaceae and is widely used as a traditional Indian medicine. The common name of plant Sesbania grandiflora is Agate, as well as crook wood. Various chemical constituents present in plant contain tannins, coumarone, steroids, tri-terpenes, iosflavanoids, isovestitol, and sativan and betulinic acid, flavanoid and medicarpin. The plant mainly use for colic disorder, jaundice, small pox, catarrh, headache, epilepsy. Flower juice is mainly used for eye disease.