Lantana camara L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Leaf and root
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Leaves are used on cuts, ulcers, swellings, rheumatism, constipation, catarrh and bronchitis
- Roots are used in the treatment of toothache, headache, inflammation, gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea and asthma
- Used as a febrifuge, diaphoretic and stimulant
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Stearoyl glucoside of ursolic acid, terpenes: 22-β-acetoxylantic acid, lantadene A and B, lantanoic and camaranoic acids and their derivatives, flavonoids: linaroside, lantanoside from plant; terpenes: germacrene, caryophyllene, phellandrene, limonene and cineole from plant essential oil
Bioactivity :
22-β-acetoxylantic acid: antimicrobial; lantanolic acid derivative: antimutagenic; aqueous alcohol leaf extract: induce embryotoxicity/postimplantation loss; stearoyl glucoside of ursolic acid: hypoglycaemic; lantadene A: antioxidative; essential oil: antimicrobial; methanol extract of leaves: antiulcer; flavonoids: antimycobacterial
Clinical:
Note :
Listed as an alien invasive plant in Sri Lanka
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