PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SANDALWOOD

Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is one of the most famous and widely used plants in perfumery and cosmetics. Apart from perfumery and cosmetics uses, sandalwood also has a wide range of pharmacological activities and the plant can be considered as one of the important medicinal plants. Since last two decades, this plant has been studied extensively but still there is lot of scope to exploit full potential of uses of sandalwood for mankind. Various studies report that of effects sandalwood oil is responsible for various effects ranging from antibacterial to anticancer. It also shows prominent activity in various skin diseases. There are few toxicological studies on sandalwood. It is necessary to summaries all activities reported about this plant. This review consolidates different reported activities of sandalwood plant as well as its oil.