Musa paradisiaca Linn. is a well-known Indian medicinal plant from the Musaceae family. This plant, also
known as plantain or banana, produces highly nutritious fruit all over the world. A broad range of
phytochemical constituents have been isolated from this plant. The fruits and other parts of the plant are
used to treat various diseases in humans by traditional medicine. This review study gives scientific
information on medicinal uses, phytochemistry of Musa paradisiaca plant parts are widely used to treat
different diseases in humans such as diabetes, diarrhoea, hypertension, dysentery, hysteria, leprosy,
epilepsy, haemorrhages, renal calculi and ulcers. The main pharmacological activities of this plant are
antidiabetic, antioxidant, antidiarrhoeal, antidepressant, antiulcer, antimicrobial, antilipidemic,
antihypertensive, antisnakevenom, wound healing, Antiatherosclerotic Activity, hair growth promoting and
antimutagenic activity. This review present scientific information on morphology, traditional uses,
phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of Musa paradisiaca.
Keywords: Musa paradisiaca, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antidiarrhoeal
Publication date: 01/12/2023
https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2023/December/MS_IJBPAS_2023_7627.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.7627
