1Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science, SGRRU, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248001, India
2Assistant Professor, Keral Verma Faculty of Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250005, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Botany, DAV (PG) college, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248001, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Maneesha Singh Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science, SGRRU, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India. Email: singhmaneesha2@gmail.com
Online published on 27 July, 2018.
Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia L., Euphorbiaceae family) is an annual plant, native to most of northern Africa, Europe and eastward through most of Asia. It emerges from November to December and invades winter crops and vegetables, such as wheat, lentil, chickpea, potato, and pea. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by flies. Seedlings of E. helioscopia L exhibit epigeal germination. This plant showed various types of biological activities such as an antitumor, antiviral, antibacterial, nematicidal, an antifungal and molluscicidal effects. The presence of secondary metabolites revealed that the plant Euphorbia helioscopia L can be used in future for finding various biological potential for prevention of various human diseases.
Euphorbia helioscopia L, Phytoconstituents, Biological activity, Secondary metabolites
