An overview on medicinally important plant: Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis Link) Schneider

Authors

  • Saima Siddique aDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Sabira Sultana Government College University Faisalabad
  • Naheed Akhtar Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Poonch, Rawalakot, AJ& K, Pakistan.
  • Aisha Sethi Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan
  • Abdul Wadood Chishti Department of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Abstract

Simmondsia chinensis or Jojoba is the diaceous, perennial, slow growing and evergreen shrub and indigenous plant of California, United States and Mexico’s Sonoran Desert. Jojoba comprises nitrile glycosides groups called simmondsin’s compounds, stanols, sterols, toccopherols and flavonoids. The extracts of leaves, root and latex of jojoba possess anti-microbial, antiviral, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor properties. Various cosmetic formulation use jojoba as an important element of their product to enhance their moisturizing potential. Jojoba is applied for the treatment of psoriasis and acne-prone skin lesion. jojoba leaves and meal can be used as staple food and possess possible medicinal potentials. Jojoba oil is growing non-palatable oil, utilized as an unrefined substance for the production of biodiesel and development of the development of cleansers, plastics, environment friendly power and ointments. Its worldwide production is developing quickly and is supposed to arrive at 22,000 tons by 2022. This review focuses on the pharmacological medicinal and economic benefits of Jojoba.

Downloads

Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Siddique, S., Sultana, S., Akhtar, N., Sethi, A., & Chishti, A. W. (2023). An overview on medicinally important plant: Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis Link) Schneider. International Journal of Natural Medicine and Health Sciences, 3(1), 7–12. Retrieved from https://journals.iub.edu.pk/index.php/ijnms/article/view/1233

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): International Journal of Natural Medicine and Health Sciences

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2024 Saima Siddique, Sabira Sultana, Naheed Akhtar, Aisha Sethi, Abdul Wadood Chishti

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

You are free to:
• Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
• Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material.
• Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures, that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.