PLANT STEROIDS AS A PROSPECTIVE REMISSION INDUCER IN PSORIASIS- A REVIEW

About 1-3% of worlds population is affected by autoimmune skin disorder, Psoriasis. Psoriasis is characterized by red and inflamed skin, silvery scales itchy and painful sometimes lead to bleeding. Steroids like corticosteroids both systemically and topically are the mainstay of the treatment. However efficacy of steroids is beyond comparison, but they equally hold the foremost position in producing devastating side effects. Moreover, withdrawal or reduction of steroids carries huge risk in the deterioration of psoriasis. The objective of this review is to enlist few Plants with steroids as their chemical constituents which may be used as prospective treatment for remission inducer in psoriasis. An exhaustive literature review has been performed to study the plants structurally which resemble glucocorticoids in order to have minimal side effects and better potent lead compounds.