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Abstract
This review is intended to investigate the published report regarding botanical description, traditional uses and pharmacological properties and put forth the therapeutic potential of Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.) Bhandari. It belongs to the family Annonaceae, one of the therapeutically important plants, broadly distributed throughout the world. An extensive review of the literature available in various recognized databases including logical writing and scientific literature, search engines such as, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar as well as relevant books, websites, scientific publications, and dissertations were utilized as a source of information that provided an up-to-date review. The objective of the present work is to review the description,traditional uses and pharmacological properties .In the various Artabotrys species, the major compounds are monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated sesquiterpenes. The frequently and most commonly identified constituents are β-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, 3-Carene, cyperene, cyperenone and 1,5-epoxy-salvial4(14)-ene. Other constituents seems to be more specific to the respective Artabotrys species.