• Senthamarai
• Pooja

Justicia adhatoda is belong to Acanthaceae family is known as Malabar and they found throughout the world. The leaves of Adhatoda vasica contains phytochemicals such as alkaloids, tannin, saponins, phenolics, and flavonoids. The most important is vasicine, vasicol, adhatodinine and vasinol, a quinazoline alkaloids. The vasicine yield of the herbage has been measured as 0.54 to 1.1% by dry weight. The Justica adhatoda leaf extract showed that it contained 0.85% vasicine and 0.027% vasicinone. Whereas vasicine at low concentrations, induced bronchodilatation and relaxation of the tracheal muscle. Research proved as, Commercial cough syrups were prepared by bromhexine and ambroxol – two widely-used mucolytics effect as similar alkaloid vasicine. vasica is effectiveness in treating respiratory illness. It is anti-spasmodic, Broncho dilator, Mucolytic, Muco-kinetic and expectorant. The Malabar dry leaves used as puff like, beedi. leaf is useful to treat asthma, chronic bronchitis and other respiratory related problem. In this paper, final concluded as; indigenous medical important clearly proved as modern scientific evidences therefore this cost-effective common herb introduce to globally economic herb for treating Bronchial asthma and Bronchitis in world-wide level. This is commonly available plant in all over the area which area people earned money from cultivation and exports.

Justicia adhatoda, Phytochemicals, Puff, Asthma

"A REVIEW LITERATURE OF ADHATODA PUFF ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.323-330, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906829.pdf

"A REVIEW LITERATURE OF ADHATODA PUFF ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp323-330, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906829.pdf