Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Leaf and bark
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Crushed leaves are applied on pimples
- Paste prepared from bark powder is applied on swellings
- Acts as a purgative and a tonic for scabies
- Used in fractures, sores and ulcers
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Alkaloid: kokusaginine from leaves and evolitrine from timber; aryl ketone: acrovestenol from bark; acetophenones: acronyculatins A–E, acropyrone, acropyrand A and B, acrovestone, acrofolione A and B, acronyline and furoquninoline alkaloids from root and stem bark; terpenes: α-pinene and (E)-β-caryophyllene from essential oil of aerial parts
Bioactivity :
Acrovestenol: anti-inflammatory; acrovestone: cytotoxic; essential oil of aerial parts: antimicrobial
Clinical:
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