Chemical constituents and biological applications of Lippia nodiflora

Abstract

Lippia nodiflora has been reviewed for its biological activitiesand phytochemical constituents. The plant is found topredominantly contain triterpenoids, flavonoids and steroidsamongst others and is found to possess analgesic, antiinflammatory,antioxidant, antinociceptive, antimicrobial,antipyretic, antitumor, lipid peroxide scavenging and freeradical scavenging activities. For future studies it would bevaluable to investigate the biologically active constituentsresponsible for the various activities of the plant demonstratedin the traditional system of medicine.

Keywords

• Antitumor
• anti-inflammatory
• triterpenoids
• flavonoids
• steroids.