Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Jasminum auriculatum Vahl. is a species of jasmine, in the family Oleaceae. It is found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Andaman Islands. It is commonly known as ‘Jasmine’. The plant possess greatest ethnobotanical values such as burning sensation, hyperdesia, ulcers, stomatopathy, cardiopathy, starngury, and dermatopathy. The present study highlights the ethnobotanical examination of morphological characters, pharmacognostic (loss of drying, ash value and extractive value), phytochemicals (alkaloids, carbohydrates, tannins, steroids and glycosides), and pharmacological (antilithiatic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, diuretic, immunostimulatory, larvicidal, and wound healing) aspects. Also miscellaneous aspects such as synthesis of therapeutically active nanoparticles (gold and silver) are also described