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The Costus plant species are found in Africa, Asia, and America. Costus genus consists of 175 species. Costus is a medicinal plant and is commonly used to treat a variety of maladies, including diabetes and its accompanying disorders. The major secondary metabolites found in costus genus include alkaloids, glycosides, flavanoids, sterols, sesquiterpenes and phenols. Considerable levels of saponins from their seeds include dioscin, diosgenin and gracillin. The plant extracts demonstrate a number of medicinal applications that include antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, antidiuretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-hyperglycemic, antipyretic, estrogenic, and anti-stress activities. In this work, the medicinal applications of the plant is described on the basis of literature.

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Aslam, S., Ahmad, M., Shahid, S., Zahoor, A.F., AL-Huqail, A.A. (2023). Costus. In: Zia-Ul-Haq, M., Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, A., Riaz, M., Farooq Gohar, U. (eds) Essentials of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35403-8_8

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