Eclipta Species : A Review

R. K. Upadhyay; S. Singh; M. B. Pandey

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Eclipta Species : A Review

R. K. Upadhyay, S. Singh and M. B. Pandey

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005 India.

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ABSTRACT:

Eclipta Linn (Family : Asteraceae) is a small genus of herbs distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world₁, with white flower-heads, 0.25-0.35 inch in diameter, the leaves opposite, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 1-4 inch long and it is found in particularly cool and moist places¹, incorporated in large number of reputed hepatoprotective herbal formulation.

KEYWORDS:

hepatoprotective; oblong-lanceolate