Medicinal Marvel of Nature: A Comprehensive Review on the Therapeutic Potentials of Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
*Shweta Bhodiwal, *Anushka Choudhary and **Reenu Agarwal
Department of Botany IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur - 302020 (India) Email : shwetabhodiwal.20@gmail.com Email : anushkachoudhay1122@gmail.com Email : reenu.agarwal@iisuniv.ac.in
ABSTRACT
Azadirachta indica A. Juss., or neem, is a plant whose therapeutic virtues have made it popular around the world in recent years. Neem is a contemporary medical marvel that has been utilized widely in Ayurvedic, Unani, and Homoeopathic treatment. Neem is a evergreen tree with wide leaves that may reach heights of 30 meters and widths of 2.5 meters. The plant Azadirachta indica is mainly cultivated in India belonging to family meliaceae. It is extensively used by human for the treatment of various disease. According to the who survey our 80% of the population living in the developing countries are depend on this neem tree which is used as medicine for the health care. This medicinal plant use to treat various disease in ayurvedic system of medicine that is homeopathic system of medicine and unani system of medicine. The scientific name of this plant neem (Azadirachta indica) is derived from Persian which means the free tree of India. This review mainly give the different biological activities like antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, insecticidal, wound healing, anticancer, antibacterial antimalarial, in dentistry, cvs, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, hepatoprotective etc. . This review article was put forward with an aim to show the medicinal property of Azadirachta indica.