Medicinal plants are the base of traditional system of medicine and herbal industry for the development of new drug. The A. marmelos is also known as bael, wooden apple, belo and bilwa. The important phytochemicals isolated from various parts of the plant are alkaloids, cardiac glycoside, saponin, steroids, coumarines terpenoids, phenylpropenoids, tannins, polysaccharides and flavonoids. These phytochemical components are well known for their pharmacological and biological activity against certain chronic disease like cancer, cardiovascular disease, immunosuppressive disease and gastrointestinal disorder. The different parts of the plant extract possess pharmacological activities like anticonvulsant, antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, antihistaminic, antimicrobial, hepato protective, analgesic, immuno modulatory, cardio protective and antithyroid activity. The present review article is focused to explore the different pharmacological activity of A. marmelos.
