A REVIEW ON ETHNOBOTANY, PHYTOCHEMISRTY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF CITRULLUS LANATUS L.

Abstract

Citrullus lanatus well known fruit as Watermelon of family Curcubitacea. The fruit is consumed for cooling effect. Moreover, so many literature suggests that it contain important phytoconstituetns like vitamine C, minerals etc. Moreover, literature available for its pharmacological activities like anti-oxidant, laxative, antimicrobial, diurectic etc. Its seeds contain fatty acids and have phenolic and triterpinoids. The seeds extract showed so many pharmacological activities. In, conclusion, it can say that this review is an over all collective information about ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of Citrullus lanatus