ABSTRACT
Shorea robusta Gaertn.f. belongs to the family Dipterocarpaceae and is often known as “Sal.” S. robusta occurs in Asian countries (India, Nepal, and Bhutan). The common names of S. robusta are Guggilam, Ashvakarna, Chiraparna, Sal, Sala, Sarja, Sal tree, Common Sal, Indian Dammer, Dhuna, Damar, Jall, Salwa, Shal. The oleoresin (gum) of the ethereal portion has been revealed in the native system of crude drug (Pullaiah and Rani, 1999; Patra et al., 1992). Variant sections of the plant are culturally utilized for the prevention of different pathological states. The leaves are used to treat wounds, ulcers, itching, leprosy, gonorrhea, cough, earache, and headache (Verma et al., 1993). The gum-resin emanated within the cut bark has astringent and detergent 360characters. The bark is also used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, wounds, ulcers, and itching (Wani et al., 2012a). In Unani-Tibb administration of medicine system, the oleoresin is utilized as the prevention for hyper-menorrhea (Pullaiah and Rani, 1999), enlargement of the spleen (Mishra and Ahmad, 1997) and for relieving eye irritations (Saraswathy et al., 1992). In Ayurveda, the leaves are used as anthelmintic and alexiteric. S. robusta leaf extract has been found to possess significant anti-inflammatory activity (Manoj et al., 2014). A combination of cow ghee, flaxseed oil, Phyllanthus emblica fruits, S. robusta gum resin and Yashada bhasma has been indicated to exhibition of wound healing contributive effect (Mukherjee et al., 2013).
