Author(s)

Umme Amara^1*, Zia ur Rehman Mashwani¹, Ahmad Khan², Sadaf Laraib¹, Rahmat Wali¹, Uzma Sarwar¹, Qura Tul Ain¹, Sana Shakeel¹,   Rahimullah¹,   Sohail¹

¹Department of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
²Department of Soil Sciences and Soil Water Conservation, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Plants from the start are being used for the welfare of human and animals. About 25,000 biological active compounds are reported by different scientists. Plants itself are a complete treatment bioagent. People are still using plants and their decoction for different diseases. Saussurea lappa Clarke is the member of family Compositae. This plant is famous due to its high medical importance. The plant is commonly named as Kuth root or costus and has wide use for anticancer, antiulcer, hepatoprotective, anti-viral, anticonvulsant, antiarthritic, activities. Biologically active substance of in this plant is lactone cynaropicrin, dehydrocostus, germacrene, lappadilactone. This plant can be used to extract such bioactive compounds which can help the scientist to discover new and potential drugs. Due to such chemical composition and medicinal importance this review has been prepared for the awareness of the people to conserve their medicinal plants which can be used for potential drug discovery.

Saussurea lappa, Biological Active Compounds, Medicinal Uses, Potential Drug Discovery

Amara, U. , Mashwani, Z. , Khan, A. , Laraib, S. , Wali, R. , Sarwar, U. , Ain, Q. , Shakeel, S. , Rahimullah,  . and Sohail,  . (2017) Conservation Status and Therapeutic Potential of Saussurea lappa: An Overview. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 8, 602-614. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2017.83041.