Grewia hirsuta Vahl Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities

Grewia hirsute is also known as Nagbala a member of malvaceae family is small tree or shrub grown in mixed deciduous open and dry evergreen forests. In folk and tribal medicine it is used as nervine brain tonic antipyretic diuretic carminative aphrodisiac cardiac tonic. The plant is known to contain phenolics vanillic syringic melilotic p- hydroxy benzoic and protocatechuic acids flavonol kaempferol saponins tannins glycosides alkaloids anthraquinones steroids. The plant possesses antidiabetic antiproliferative antioxidant analgesic antiinflammatory antimicrobial activity. This review provides a birdrsquos eye view about phytoconstituents and pharmacological properties of Grewia hirsuta.