Cissus quadrangularis L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Stem and leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Heated tender stem juice is dropped into nostrils to arrest nose bleedings
- Good remedy for scurvy and irregular menstruation
- Given for otorrhoea and earache
- Specific for fractures, ulcers and wounds
- Used for muscle pains, palpitation and as an anthelmintic agent
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Flavonoids: luteolin and β-sitosterol, vitamin C and E, triterpenes: oxoonocer-ene derivatives, taraxerol and friedelane derivatives; higher alkane derivatives from plant; stilbene derivatives: quadrangularins A–C, resveratrol, piceatannol, pallidol and parthenocissine A from stems
Bioactivity :
Alcohol extract of plant: antiosteoporotic, gastroprotective, anti-inflammatory, analgaesic, antipyretic and venotonic; aqueous and alcohol extracts of stem: anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidative, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective and have developed phytochemical scaffold for bone tissue engineering using the extract, anticonvulsive, sedative, antitumour, anthelmintic
Clinical:
Effective for controlling obesity and its related complications in combination with Irvingia gabonensis; Supplement for reducing joint pains
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