Volume : 7, Issue : 4, April - 2018

Lotus corniculatus L.- A Review

R. Lavanya

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Lotus corniculatus L.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">(Fabaceae), commonly known as bird&rsquo;s foot trefoil, is a forage plant. It possesses cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal activity. The plant contains</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">benzoic acid, transilin, isosalicin, soyasaponin I, dehydrosoyasaponin I, medicarpin-3-O-&beta;-D-glucopyranoside, pharbitoside A and p-coumaric acid.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">This review article provides information on the pharmacological activities of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">Lotus corniculatus L.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:&#10;115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:red;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>