Phytochemical, anti-in flammatory and wound healing activity of homeoeopathic drug Arnica Montana Q and its crude extract a comparative study

Abstract

The Phytochemicals play a pivotal role in growth, development and protection of plants, hence called secondary metabolites. Phytochemical screening is essential to identify the therapeutically important components available in the particular plant. Though there are phytochemical studies on Arnica, that shows the anti-inflammatory action is mainly due to the presence of Sesquiterpene lactones in the flower heads and high amount of caffeic acid derivatives in whole plant[6,10] whereas the wound healing property is mainly due to the presence of Helenalin, a Sesquiterpene lactones[11]. The synergistic action of all the phytochemicals in the plant is considered superior to the medicinal property exerted by single isolated constituent.