Justicia gendarussa Burm.f.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Whole plant, leaf and tender shoot
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Decoction of leaves and tender shoots is taken for chronic rheumatism, cough and cold
- Leaf infusion is taken internally in the treatment of pains in the head, paralysis of one side of the body and facial paralysis
- The leaf juice is used in the treatment of earache
- The whole plant is an emetic and a febrifuge and decoction is used to treat bruises
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Aromatic amines: 2-amino benzyl alcohol and its derivatives, stigmasterol, terpenes: lupeol, 16 – hydroxylupeol from leaves
Bioactivity :
Ethanol extract of leaves: antiarthritic, antioxidative; methanol extract of stem: hepatoprotective; alcohol extracts of aerial parts and roots: anti-inflammatory and/or analgaesic
Clinical:
References : Chakravarty, A. K. et al., (1982), Simple aromatic amines from Justicia gendarussa. 13C NMR spectra of the bases and their analogues, Tetrahedron, 38(12), 1797-1802. Jothimanivannan, C. et al., (2010), Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of ethanol extract of areal parts of Justicia gendarussa Burm., International Journal of Pharmacology, 1, 1-6. Krishna, K. L. et al., (2010), Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Potential of Stem Methanolic Extract of Justicia gendarussa Burm, International Journal of Pharmacology, 6(2), 72-80. Kumar, K. S. et al., (2012), Anti-inflammatory potential of an ethyl acetate fraction isolated from Justicia gendarussa roots through inhibition of iNOS and COX-2 expression via NF-κB pathway, Cell Immunol, 272(2), 283-9. Paval, J. et al., (2009), Anti-arthritic potential of the plant Justicia gendarussa Burm F, Clinics, 64(4), 10. Uddin, R. et al., (2011), Chemical and Biological Investigations of Justicia gendarussa (Burm. f), Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceuti- cal Sciences, 10(1).
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