DOI: 10.21276/sajp.2019.8.5.1

Pages: 169-173

Jatropha pandurifolia is plant belonging to family Eurphorbiaceae, and native to West Indies, and mostly used as an ornamental plant. Number of biological activities have been reported like: antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, cytoxic, insecticidal activities, and traditional uses of this plant like -cancer, rheumatisms, eczema, purgative and ring worm. The main objective of this review is to cover the biological activities and chemical constituents derived from this and provide insights and further investigate the plant for further study to introduce new components that would lead to production of effective phytomedicine.