Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume

Amaranthaceae

Common Names:
Bin-karal-heba, Bin-karal-sebo (S)
Sivappu nayuruvi (T)
Cyathula (E)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Leaf and stem

Uses in traditional medicine :

  • Decoction of the aerial parts is taken to increase urination
  • Taken for cough and dysentery
  • Topical application is used for scabies and articular rheumatism

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Ecdysterone from whole plant

Bioactivity :

Alcohol extracts of whole plant: analgaesic, antipyretic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory; aqueous and ethanol extract of leaf, stem, bark and roots: antimicrobial

Clinical:

References :

Forestieri, A. M. et al., (1996), Antiinflammatory, Analgesic and Antipyretic Activity in Rodents of Plant Extracts used in African Medicine, Phytotherapy research, 10, 100-106.

Ibrahima, B. et al., (2012), Antiinflammatory, analgesic and antioxidant activities of Cyathula prostrata (Linn.) Blume (Amaranthaceae), Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 141(1), 282-289.

Kannappan, P. and Sundaram, K. S., (2009), Toxicity assessment of the medicinal plant Cyathula prostrate, Journal of Applied Biosciences, 13, 681-687.

Ogu, G. I. et al., (2012), Antimicrobial and phytochemical evaluation of the leaf, stem bark and root extracts of Cyathula prostrata (L) Blume against some human pathogens, J Intercult Ethnopharmacol, 1(1), 35-43

Shah, V. C. and De Souza, N. J., (1971), Amaranthaceae: Ecdysterone from Cyathula prostrate, Phytochemistry, 10(6), 1398-1399.

Schnablegger, G. et al., (2010), The anticancer activity of Cyathula prostrata on two malignant cell lines’, MSc thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa.

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