Phytochemical and pharmacological review on Cissampelospareira

According to a world health organization survey, about 75–80% of the world's population relies on non-conventional medicine, mainly of herbal source, in their primary health care. In the past few decades, a massive amount of scientific information published for various medicinal plants. Cissampelospareira is a plant whose various parts are commonly used in various aliments. There is vast anecdotal information about the biological activity C.pareira which includes anti-cancerous, anti-fertility, anti-asthmatic, anti-diabetic, analgesic, hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory type of activities. The leaf of C. pareira contains various phytoconstituents including alkaloids, terpenoids and flavonoids. The present review comprises the phytochemical, ethnopharmacological and pharmacological reports of C.pareira.