ABSTRACT

The present day stressful lifestyle trending over the world makes it necessary to focus on medicinally important fruits and vegetables to minimize the risk of life. By the use of green components, the diseases can be cured without any side effects unlike the modern drug. The present review is focused on Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L).Taub. or guar belongs to family Fabaceae widely used as a traditional medicine in India for curing various diseases and also finds use in modern industrial processes as a source of commercially important gum. In India, it is grown as an annual legume that is used as a vegetable, fodder, or green manure crop. It is considered to be a valuable source of food products. It shows anti-ulcer, anticoagulant, hypocholesterolemic, hemolytic, antiasthmatic, cytoprotective, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, anticholinergic, reversible antifertility, antihelminthic, anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity. In pharmaceutical industries, it has been used in colonic drug delivery and also as the controlled-release carrier, as a binder in topical products and as a suspending, thickening and stabilizing agent. The present review is focused on the uses of guar in biosciences. Keywords: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L., Antihelminthic, Antiasthmatic
Publication date: 01/09/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.9.5192