ABSTRACT

Nymphaea alba commonly known as white water Lily, is a hydrophyte having enormous medicinal properties. It is famous for its alluring white flowers. It is distributed across the globe in ponds, lakes and marshy areas. Its different parts have been used traditionally, to treat variety of ailment, in various medicinal systems including Arabic, Unani, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicines. By using contemporary pharmacological methods, traditional use of Nymphaea alba has been substantiated for curing different diseases. In-depth research provides an estimate of the pharmacological effects of different extracts or isolated compounds of Nymphaea alba. By using in vivo or in vitro methods is established that Nymphaea alba has therapeutic potential to treat diarrhea, hepatotoxicity, inflammation, anxiety and depression and convulsions etc. In addition, Nymphaea alba extracts also found to have a certain degree of anti-cancer and anti-bacterial activity. This review is an attempt to compile Nymphaea alba’s current ethanomedicinal, morphological, phytochemical and pharmacological data. Keywords: Ethnobotanical, Flavonoids, Nymphaea alba, Quercetin, White water Lily
Publication date: 01/09/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.9.5194