Abstract
Carissa carandas is a usable food and remedial herbal plant of India, found to be extensively allocated throughout subtropical and topical areas. The plant has been utilized as a traditional remedial plant over thousands of years in the Ayurveda, Unani, and Homoeopathic system of medicament. Traditionally, whole plant and its parts were utilized in the treatment of various disorders. The major bioactive ingredients, which give remedial value to the plant, are alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins and large quantities of cardiac glycosides, triterpenoids, phenolic composites and tannins. Roots were reported to presence of volatile principles containing 2-acetyl phenol, lignan, carinol, sesquiterpenes (carissone, carindone), lupeol, β-sitosterol, 16 β-hydroxybetulinic acid, α-amyrin, β-sitosterol glycoside, and des-N-methylnoracronycine, however, leaves were testified the presence of triterpenoid constitutes as well as tannins. While, fruits have been reported to contain carisol, epimer of α-amyrin, linalool, β-caryophyllene, carissone, carissic acid, carindone, ursolic acid, carinol, ascorbic acid, lupeol, and β-sitosterol. Ethnopharmacological content of the plant has been credited due to anti-cancer, anti-convulsant, anti-oxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory AQ1,anti-ulcer, anthelmintic effect, cardiovascular, anti-nociceptive, anti-diabetic, antipyretic, hepatoprotective, neuropharmacological, and diuretic action, antimicrobial effect and cytotoxic capabilities, in-vitro anti-oxidant, and DNA damage inhibition, and constipation and diarrheal effect.