Role of bioactive compounds of Bauhinia Variegata and their benefits

Bauhinia variegata belongs to Fabaceae family and is a deciduous tree of mediumsized that grows naturally in Asia (India, China, Pakistan, Mayanmar, East Indies, China, Thailand, Combida, Vietnam, and Loas) and North America (Jamaica). It has roots, brown bark, green spread leaves, white to purplish flowers, and seed. The flowers are used as a vegetable in many parts of Asia, and the other parts, like bark, are used in medicinal preparations. All these parts are rich in phytochemicals like bark contains kaempferol 7, pyranoside, hesperidin, kaempferol- 3-o-B-d-gluco, stem contains isoqucercitroside, rutoside, myricetol glycoside, kaempferol, glycoside, bauhinione, 2,7-dimethoxy-3-methyl-9, leaves contain heptatriacontane, B-diol 7 dotetracont-15-en-9-ol, catechol, tannins, ellagic acid, sterol, the flower contains kaempferol-3-galactoside, kaempferol-3-rhamno glucoside, cynidin-3-glucoside, malvidin-3-glucoside, malvidin-3-diglucoside, peonidin-3-glucoside, which show effective properties in human health. These phytochemicals exhibit therapeutic properties like anticarcinogenic activity and antimicrobial activity (root bark, stem bark, and leaves), antidiabetic action (stem bark, leaves, flower), hemagglutinating activity (crude seeds), hypolipidemic activity (root, stem bark), hematinic activity and immunomodulatory activity (stem bark), nephroprotective activity (root), neural activity, and antioxidant effects (root and flower).