2025, Vol. 13, Issue 3, Part E

author(s)
Kaushik H Nakum, Vipul B Vaja and Kalpesh B Ishnava

abstract
Medicinal plants have played important role in the curing of the disease of human culture in day to day life. All traditional culture mostly used the medicinal plants as a source of cure of disease. Efficacy of medicinal plants and herbal formulation products has now become a key role of the developing country. The focus of this research paper is to analysis published literature on the ethnobotany and phytochemistry of Corallocarpus epigaeus. The major scientific literature finds out from Science direct, Google Scholar and Research gate were queried for information on C. epigaeus using various keyword combinations. Rhizome of C. epigaeus (Cucurbitaceae) is especially useful in old snakebite, applied to bitten part, asthma, syphilitic, fever and diabetes control. Root powder present the fats and fatty acids, mucilage, proteins, carbohydrates, Vitamin C, E, amino acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, tannins and phenol. 6.3% monoterpenes and 88.9% sesquiterpenes were present the volatiles compound present in the roots. The major constituents were ?-selinene ishwarane, ?-selinene and ishwarone. The phenolic content, tannin, carbohydrate, vitamin C and vitamin E present in the roots. This review study the ethnobotanical information and phytochemical constitute of C. epigaeus. This scientific literature will useful to understanding the scientific knowledge update to this plant and further planning for fill the gap of the research for betterment for human life.