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Pharmacological and Medicinal Value of Jasmine


Mrudula Sanjay Shah, Divya Raj, Deoraj Sharma
Pages: 105-120
ISBN: 978-93-5834-812-5


Medicinal Plants and its Benefits in Our Day to Day Life (Volume -5)

Medicinal Plants and its Benefits in Our Day to Day Life
(Volume - 5)

Abstract

Jasmine (Jasminum) is a genus containing approximately 600 species of small trees and vines in the Family Oleaceae. These globous twining shrubs are widely cultivated in gardens and easily found in forests throughout tropical Asia and warm temperate regions in Europe and Africa. Their flowers and leaves have been well recognized for multipurpose uses. For instance, the flowers have been utilized as traditional medicines in Asia to treat many diseases including diarrhoea, fever, conjunctivitis, abdominal pain, dermatitis, asthma, abscess, breast cancer, uterine bleeding, and toothache. In India, Jasmine (Jasminum sambac, sans-mallika) is extensively used in manufacturing high grade aromatherapy, cheaper synthetic oil obtained by blending a few constituents are used incenses, room fresheners and soaps etc. Juices from the leaves of J. sambac are applied to treat ulcers, remove corns, effecting in expelling worms, regulating menstrual flow, to clean kidney waste, inflamed and blood-shot eyes. In China, the leaf parts are used for the treatment of quadriplegia gall, dysentery, and bellyache. According to its high medicinal value, Jasminum sambac is one of the most cultivated species in many countries in Asia. In this chapter we will take a deep look on the Pharmacological effects of Jasmine plant and parts.

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