ABSTRACT

Nowadays people are very concerned about their health, it has been observed allopathy medicines that have many side effects and the alternative of allopathy is Ayurveda and Ayurveda is a heart and soul of India. People started using medicinal plants stated in Ayurveda in order to avoid the adverse effects of allopathic medicines. There are several plants with medicinal properties but mostly people are not well aware about these plants. Opuntia elatior Mill, commonly called Prickly Pear, Nagphani and hathlo-thore is a genus of cetacean. Several plants have medicinal properties in their parts or itself with the purpose of exploring the active ingredients in it, that can be used in production of new drugs. Due to the remarkable biological activity of Opuntia and its constituents, that can be utilized for developing medicines. These plants are also studies for its nutritional and medicinal value. Many pharmacological studies have demonstrated the ability of the fruit shows, Anti-inflammatory, Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antidiarrheal and Antispermatogenic. The fruit were preliminary evaluated by estimation of proximate analysis. The aim of study is to review different nutritional value and Ethanomedicinal use of Opuntia elatior Mill. Keywords: Opuntia elatior Mill, Ayurveda, Anti-inflammatory, Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antidiarrheal and Antispermatogenic
Publication date: 01/06/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.6.5091