2024, Vol. 12, Issue 3, Part A

Sterculia urens Roxb gums are used traditionally in India. It has to have a deep relationship with the health and disease of an individual. At present time, all people showed their interest in the traditional system of medicine. Ayurveda is one of them, attracting the global society towards it. India has a rich repository of medicinal plants. Proper care is needed to conserve, domesticate, and use medicinal plants. Gum is generally used as pharmaceutical innovation and convenience. It offers a unique avenue for drug delivery, allowing medications to be administered. Beyond these, gums play essential roles in industrial settings. Adhesive gums are crucial in manufacturing, acting as binders in paper, textiles, and certain foods. Polyuronides, i.e. alginic acid, pectin), gums and mucilage’s are the other pharmaceutically important polysaccharide derivatives. Gums are pathological products of calcium, potassium and magnesium salts of complex substances known as 'polyuronides'. According to Ayurveda, India geographical distributed in three types dry land (Jangala Desha), marshy land (Anupa Desha) and Mishra Desha (Anupa and Jangala Desha).