Impactof Natural Environment on Growth, Properties, Chemical Composition of TulsiPlant and Relationship with Biological Activities

  • Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay

Abstract

The morbidity and mortality isoccurred due to changes in lifestylechanges resulting to severe diseases which are addressed by Ayurveda. Oscimum sanctum plant is popularly called as “Tulsi”, belongs to family-Lamiaceae. The review of literature has been done using electronic resources including google scholar, pubmed; web of science and scopus database. Cultivation of tulsi plants has great practical and spiritual importance which joins powers of nature like weather, temperature and water with the growth of plant.

The various plant parts are used in Siddha and Ayurveda systems of medicine for preventing many diseases includingcommon cold, influenza, colic pain, fever, bronchitis, fatigue, skin diseases, hepatic diseases, asthma, arthritis and digestive disorders. The active chemical constituents are present in TulsilikeLinalool, Eugenol, Carvacrol, Ursolic acid, Rosmarinic acid, Oleanolic acid, Apigenin and β-caryophyllene. It was reported that Tulsipossesses a variety of activities such as antidiabetic, wound healing, antimicrobial, radioprotective, antihyperlipidemic, gastroprotective, immunomodulatory, Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antifertility,antioxidant, anticancer, antihelminticand Cardiac effects.

These findings suggest that tulsi may be a remedy of psychological, immunological, physiological, and metabolic complications in the modern life. The review article is useful to communicatecultivation, morpholgy, traditional uses and different types of biological activitiesof tulsiandto solve a number of modern problems.

Published
2020-06-06
How to Cite
Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay. (2020). Impactof Natural Environment on Growth, Properties, Chemical Composition of TulsiPlant and Relationship with Biological Activities. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(04), 4063–4079. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/24576