A Phytopharmacological Review on a Medicinal Plant: Cordia africana Lam.

The use of phytoconstituents single or combined with standard medicines has been utilized in cure different diseases. Many plants genus Cordia comprise trees and shrubs are widely distributed warmer regions have management various africana Lam. (family- Boraginaceae) is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, 4 15 (30) m high, heavily branched spreading, umbrella-shaped rounded crown. Bole typically curved crooked. Bark grayish-brown dark brown, smooth young trees, but soon becoming rough longitudinally fissured age; branch lets sparse long. Uses C. africana: firewood, timber (furniture, beehives, boxes, mortars, church, drums), food (fruit), medicine (bark, roots), fodder (leaves), bee forage, mulch, soil conservation, ornamental, shade. Various like flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, saponins, steroids, anthraquinones, carbohydrates protins having activities were screened isolated from parts africana. important Pharmacological properties including Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, anti-nociceptive, others well documented for this plant. Therefore, we briefly reviewed the bioactivities improve our knowledge on plant phytochemicals as therapeutic entities. present review describes potential that can be followed future research human health benefits.