A Review on the Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics of Cissus quadrangularis L.

Abstract

Plants are a great source of medication in a herbal way. These extracts are used in the treatment of several diseases. The family Vitaceae consists of several species of plants that have many properties to cure many illnesses and disorders in mankind. Manufacturing  and pricing of herbal pharmaceuticals can make them more favourable to be exploited in research and progress of new treatment approaches, permitting patients to connect to new medications which are faster and safer for relexification. This review reveals a species of  cissus named Cissus quadragularis, about its medicinal uses and its utilisation in the medical field due to the presence of bioactive compounds such as tannin, alkaloid, and flavonoids, as it is used in the drug and cosmetic industry. This plant shows several properties like antidiabetic, antiobesity, antiulcer, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, antiglucocoid, antimicrobial, antinflammatory, and bone setter to cure fractures and female health, as it is used to regulate menstruation. Although the review shows therapeutic properties and uses of Cissus quadrangularis as a medicinal herb. It was concluded that the root and stem extracts of the plant C. quadrangularis have therapeutic potential and are acknowledged to possess wound healing, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity and are regularly used to quicken the process of bone fracture healing. The plant is considered a versatile medicinal plant in both the Ayurvedic and modern drug development fields for its valuable therapeutic uses.