INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & LIFE SCIENCES Pharmacological and biological overview on Mimosa pudica Linn.

In the present study attempts were made to review o n active constituents and pharmacological activity of Mimosa pudica Linn belonging to family Mimisace. The whole plant of Mimosa pudica is very useful for various pharmacological and biological activities. Mostly R oot and leaves of Mimosa pudica are showed maximum pharmacological activity as anti-diabetic, antitoxi n, antihepatotoxin, antioxidant and wound healing a ctivity. The periodic leaf movement factors are reportedly the d erivatives of 4-o-(b-D-glucopyranosyl-6-sulphate) gallic acid.