EXPLORING In-vitro MICROPROPAGATION AND SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION IN Desmodium gangeticum (L.) D.C.

Background: Desmodium gangeticum D.C. (family- Fabaceae) commonly known as “Salparni” is regarded as one of the industrially and medicinally important plant which is quite common in Tropical Africa, Northern Australia and mostly in India it prevails in the Gangetic plains and Himalaya’s lower regions (up to 900m elevation). This is regarded as a useful medicinal plant because it has been reported in different Ayurvedic medicines and preparations.

Main Text: Different medicinal properties of this plant are attributed to different phytoconstituents like Alkaloids, flavonoids and pterocarpans. Because of its requirement of different soil (loam to clay loam soil with alkaline pH) its conventional propagation is discouraging but due to higher demand in industry, the in vitro micropropagation method can serve as a valuable method in order to produce it. Molecular marker technology has also been used for identification of genetic diversity. Because of the immense medicinal properties of this plant this review has been focused onto the pragmatic approach of tissue culture aspects being done onto Desmodium gangeticum and production of any sort of secondary metabolites from it. Further how its sustainable exploitation can be done.

Conclusion: Therefore, present work has been done as a pragmatic approach to focus on micropropagation, mass multiplication and the various unexplored areas of research regarding Desmodium gangeticum and how its sustainable exploitation can be done in order to utilize all the medicinal properties and the phytochemical nature of it.