J Ethnopharmacol 2021 Feb 22:113928. Epub 2021 Feb 22.
Department of Plant Sciences, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Planetarium Complex, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Phyllanthus species is extensively cultivated and used as edible fruits and herbal drugs. The Phyllanthus species are used extensively as ethnopharmacologically important materials in several countries, especially in Asia. Various Phyllanthus species are broadly used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine and deliberated as bitter, astringent, stomachic, diuretic, febrifuge, deobstruent, and antiseptic, and used for the treatment of digestive, genitourinary, respiratory, skin diseases, hepatopathy, jaundice, and renal calculus in India. Read More