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Scientific Name: Terminalia arjuna
English Name: Arjun tree
Bangla Name: Arjun
Description: The arjuna is about 20–25 metres tall; usually has a buttressed trunk, and forms a wide canopy at the crown, from which branches drop downwards.
Chemistry: Polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins, triterpenoids, saponins, sterols and minerals are the major constituents of T. arjuna. Such amino acids like tryptophan, tyrosine, histidine and cysteine are also the main ingredients in T. arjuna
Medicinal use: Vagbhata mentions arjuna in the treatment of wounds, hemorrhages and ulcers, applied topically as a powder. Arjuna is an excellent medicine for Heart; it has the capability to even reverse heart failure. Recent studies in rat model have shown its preventive potential in monocrotaline induced pulmonary artery hypertension. It prevents rise in right ventricular systolic pressure, right ventricular hypertrophy, % medial wall thickness, echo-cardiographic changes through inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and its mediated pulmonary vascular remodeling. It has also been identified to inhibit NADPH oxidase (NOX1) NADPH oxidase in lung homogenate.