Page3295 Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2013 ISSN NO: 2231-6876 Journal home page: http://www.iajpr.com/index.php/en/ INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH Abrus Precatorius (L.): An Evaluation of Traditional Herb a Manisha Bhatia, b Siddiqui NA, a Sumeet Gupta* a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, M. M. College of Pharmacy, M. M. University, Mullana, (Ambala), Haryana, India. b Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Corresponding author Sumeet Gupta, Assoc Prof, Department of Pharmacology, M. M. College of Pharmacy, M. M. University, Mullana, (Ambala), Haryana, India. Telephone: +91 9872620252, +918059930156, Email: sumeetgupta25@gmail.com Total number of Pages: 32, Word Count (Abstract): 236 Copy right © 2013 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Indo American journal of Pharmaceutical Research, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Received 20/03/2013 Available online 28/04/2013 Keywords Abrus Precatorius, Herbs, Fabaceae. Abrus Precatorius is one of the important herb commonly known as Indian licorice belonging to family Fabaceae. It is reported to have a broad range of therapeutic effects, like anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-tumor, analgesic, anti- inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-diabetic, anti-serotonergic, anti-migraine, including treatment of inflammation, ulcers, wounds, throat scratches and sores. It is now considered as a valuable source of unique natural products for development of medicines against various diseases and also for the development of industrial products but still additional information needs to be updated. Therefore the present review is aimed to compile up the updated data and highlighting the special features on its pharmacological activities in various diseases. Please cite this article in press as Sumeet Gupta et.al. Abrus Precatorius (L.): An Evaluation of Traditional Herb. Indo American Journal of Pharm Research.2013:3(4).