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Tinospora Cardifolia (Menispermaceae) is an Ayurvedic medicinal plant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and China. The whole plant is used in folk and the Ayurvedic system of medicine alone and in combination with other plants. Due to its commercial importance T. Cardifolia has been of intense research interest for the last four decades with the isolation of diverse compounds such as alkaloids diterpenoids phenolics steroids aliphatic compound and polysaccharides along with discovery of a wide spectrum of Pharmacological properties like immunomodulation anticancer hepatoprotective and hypoglycemic. Although pharmacological activities of extract and compounds of T. Cardifolia have been studied in both vitro and in vivo only a few mechanisms of action have been explored. In the present review the pharmacological activities of compounds and different extracts of T. Cardifolia are highlighted along with those of the marketed products. This compilation of the extensive literature of T. Cardifolia here will be referral point of clinical study and the development of standardized phytomedicine in healthcare.