Review on Rhododendron arboreum - a magical tree

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Rhododendron arboreum is medicinally and economically a very important plant species. It is widely popular for the processed juice of its flowers which have gained market popularity as rhodojuice / sharbat. Various parts of the plant exhibited medicinal properties and are used for the treatment of various ailments. Detail search has been performed from various internal databases such as Scopus, Science Direct and Google Scholar etc. to get complete work done on Rhododendron arboreum. The present review is about collection of all the available data of Rhododendron arboreum on pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacological uses. This review high lists some of the new research which explains the multifaceted activity of Rhododendron arboreum.

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