MASS CLONAL PROPAGATION OF MUCUNA PRURIENS (FABACEAE) AND AN ASSESMENT OF ITS PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
NEHA SAINI
Department of Biotechnology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Univesity, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
NAVEEN GAURAV
Department of Biotechnology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Univesity, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
ARUN KUMAR
Department of Biotechnology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Univesity, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
HEM CHADRA PANT
Department of Biotechnology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Univesity, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
INDRA RAUTELA
Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied and Life Sciences (SALS), Uttaranchal University, Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
PANKAJ KUMAR *
Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Manduwala, Dehradun, 248007, Uttarakhand, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mucuna pruriens, an essential remedial plant growing in the bushes, hedges and dry deciduous forests throughout India.It is thoroughly used in traditional homoeopathic medicine system of India for the treatment of male virility and neurological diseases. It is documented that M. pruriens comprises L-3,4-dihydroxy phenylalanine (L-DOPA)a neurotransmitter precursor, used for the cure of Parkinsons disease. Although all plant parts such as leaf, stem, seed and root of Mucuna have been promulgating to possess medicinal properties and these properties has been evaluated in various contexts, comprising for its aphrodisiac, anti-epileptic, antivenom, anti-diabetic, anti-neoplastic and anti-microbial activities.Traditional techniques of propagation of this plant are restricted to seedstherefore germination rate and viability of seeds are very poorand also constitute problems because of allergic characteristics that give rise uncurbed itching, the contemporary methods of asexual propagation are Micropropagation that has manifest to be advantageous for in vitro propagation for Mucuna pruriensfor commercial utilization of valuable plant-derived drugs.Seeds restrain a wide range of phytochemical elements such as alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, reducing sugars, and tannins, which lay out a path to explore it for its wider applications. In this review process of micropropagation and phytochemical properties of M. pruriens are summarized.
Keywords: Mucuna pruriens, aphrodisiac, parkinsons disease, anti-epileptic