ABSTRACT:
Morinda citrifolia L. (Noni) is one of the promising and widely used traditional medicinal plants of Polynesian origin. It is known for its wide application in several diseases particularly in cancer, diabetes and cardiac problems. The present review has been primed to describe the existing data on traditional uses, phytochemical constituents, pharmacological potential and botanical information. Electronic database search was conducted with the terms of Morinda citrifolia, Noni plant and Polynesian medicinal plants. The plant extracts and its fruit juice have been viewed as great remedies for several diseases since the ancient times but the scientific and statistical validations are yet to be establish. The various parts of the plant claim to possess various phytoconstituents as saponins, flavonoids, anthraquinone coumarines, sterols and phenolic compounds. We suggest that there is a need for further investigations and explorations to work upon the active principles which confer the pharmacological actions. Hence identification and isolation of active principles is useful for the formulation of safe drugs in the treatment of various ailments not only in the perspectives of folk uses but scientific data form also. The present article is being expected as a supportive tool to establish the due research parameters in Noni plant.