Terminalia arjuna is a native Bangladeshi tree with simple leaf, smooth and thick bark belonging to the family Combretaceae. Flowers are small, regular, sessile, cup-shaped, polygamous, white, creamy or greenish-white and robustly honey-scented and flowering from April to July. The inflorescences are short axillary spikes or small terminal panicles and fruits are obovoid-oblong, dark brown to reddish brown fibrous woody, indehiscent drupe and ripening from February to May (Orwa et al., 2009; Bhat et al., 2003). All the parts of the plant have been used for their therapeutic beneficiary effect from ancient times. T. arjuna helps to maintain a healthy heart and decrease the effects of stress and anxiety (Emran et al., 2011). It has antibacterial (Perumalsamy et al., 1998), antimutagenic, hypolipidemic, antioxidant and hypocholesterolaemic and anti-inflammatory effects (Tripathi et al., 2005). T. arjuna have the capability to protect the liver and kidney tissues against CCl₄-induced oxidative stress by increasing antioxidative defense activities (Manna et al., 2006). Its chemical constituents act as a gastro-protective agent (Devi et al., 2007). Different types of bioactive compound have been isolated from this medicinal plant possesses enormous value in medicine among then arjunolic acid is very well known. The aim of the present study was to deliver the literal studies of T. arjuna with its phytochemical and pharmacological characteristics.

Phytochemistry

It was initially reported that the bark had 34% ash content consisting entirely of pure calcium carbonate. The water extract existence 23% calcium salts and 16% tannins, whereas the alcoholic extract contained very little coloring matter and tannins (Dymock et al., 1891). The chemical analysis of the bark showed confirmation of sugar, tannins (12%), coloring matter, glycoside, and carbonates of calcium, sodium and traces of chloride of alkali metals (Ghoshal, 1909). The chemical constituents of T. arjuna are shown in Table 1.

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