Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites

Araceae

Common Names:
Kohila, Maha-kohila (S)
Kosilai (T)
Abhiru (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Leaf and stem

Uses in traditional medicine :

Cooked stem and young leaves are common remedies for piles

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

β-sitosterol acetate, stigmasterol and its acetate from rhizome

Bioactivity :

Methanol extract of leaves: effective against Trichinella spiralis infections, anticestodal; aqueous alcohol extract of roots: antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antidiarrhoeal; petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of rhizome: antimicrobial, cytotoxic

Clinical:

Note :

Young leaves and fresh stem are used as vegetables

References :

Temjenmongla and Yadav, A. K., (2006), Anticestodal Efficacy of Lasia spinosa Extract against Experimental Hymenolepis diminuta Infections in Rats, Pharmaceutical Biology, 44(7), 499-502.

Temjenmongla and Yadav, A. K., (2011), Efficacy of Lasia spinosa leaf extract in treating mice infected with Trichinella spiralis, Parasitology Research, 110(1), 493-8.

Debashish, D. E. B. et al., (2010), Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrheal activities of the hydroalcoholic extract of Lasia spinosa Linn. (Araceae) roots[J], Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 29(8), 1269-1276.

Dinda, B. et al., (2004), Chemical constituents of Lasia spinosa, Mussaenda incana and Wendlandia tinctoria, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 81(1), 73-76.

Fakrul, A. L. A. M. et al., (2011), Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity, from Lasia spinosa and Isolated Lignan, Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 30(3), 550-3.

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