• Dr. Dev Prakash
• Kumari Sonu
• Balwan Singh

Averrhoa carambola L. (Oxalidaceae), normally known as star fruit bears a great consequence in traditional medicine. Traditionally, A. carambola was used in ailments such as arthralgia, chronic headache, boils and pyodermas, colds, cough, epistaxis, spermatorrhea, fever, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, malaria, malarial splenomegaly, oliguria, postpartum edema, sore throat, subcalorism and traumatic injury. Pharmacological investigations on A. carambola have established anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, antitumor and anti-ulcer activities. In addition, the plant possesses hypocholesterolemic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, nephrotoxic, neurotoxic, negative inotropic and chronotropic effects. Phytochemical investigations have exposed the occurrence of saponins, tannins, alkaloids and flavonoids. This review is an attempt to modernize the pharmacological activities and clinical studies on A. carambola.

Averrhoa carambola, Oxalidaceae, pharmacological activities, chemical constituents

"PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no.184-190, April-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104124.pdf

"PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no. pp184-190, April-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104124.pdf