Biological activities of crude extracts and chemical constituents of Bael, <i style="">Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.

Abstract

<smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> Bael (<i style="">Aegle marmelos</i> (L.) Corr.) is an important medicinal plant of India. Leaves, fruits, stem and roots of <i style="">A. marmelos</i> have been used in ethno medicine to exploit its’ medicinal properties including astringent, antidiarrheal antidysenteric, demulcent, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activities. Compounds purified from bael have been proven to be biologically active against several major diseases including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Preclinical studies indicate the therapeutic potential of crude extracts of <i style="">A. marmelos</i> in the treatment of many microbial diseases, diabetes and gastric ulcer. This review covers the biological activities of some isolated chemical constituents of <i>A.marmelos</i> and preclinical studies on some crude extracts and pure compounds to explore novel bioactive compounds for therapeutic application.<b style=""></b> </smarttagtype></smarttagtype>