Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Root, root bark and seed
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Root bark is an ingredient of ‘Dashamula’ a well known Ayurvedic formulation
- Decoction of the root is an astringent, and is used in diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatism and piles
- Seeds possess purgative properties
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Flavonoids and flavonoid glucosides: baicalein and its derivatives, chrysin, scutellarein, luteolin derivatives, oroxin A and B, quercetin, apigenin, kaempferol, lupeol and its derivatives, stilbenoid: pinosylvin and its derivatives, alcohols: rengyol, isorengyol, alkaloid: zarzissine and cholosterol, sitosterol, daycosterol from stem bark and seeds
Bioactivity :
Extracts of stem bark and root: antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antiarthritic; methanol extract of leaf, bark and stem: antioxidative
Clinical:
Ingrediant of the herbomineral formulation ”Mentat” that is used to treat mentally subnormal children
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