Sansevieria trifasciata Prain

Asparagaceae

Common Names:
Maha-niyanda (S)
Murvam, Perungurumbai (T)
Mother-in-law’s tongue (E)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Leaf and rhizome

Uses in traditional medicine :

One table spoon of leaf juice is taken for mildly to moderately poisonous snake bites in Sri Lanka
Fresh rhizome ground in luke warm water is used to treat cough and cold

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Spirostan sapogenins: ruscogenin, its derivatives and sansevierigenin, steroidal saponins and pregnane glycosides from whole plant

Bioactivity :

Ethanol and aqueous extracts of plant: analgaesic, antipyretic; ethanol extract of leaves: antiallergic, antianaphylactic

Clinical:

References :

Anbu, J. S. et al., (2009), Analgesic and antipyretic effects of Sansevieria trifasciata leaves, Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med, 6(4), 529-33.

Andhare, R. N. et al., (2012), Evaluation of antiallergic and anti-anaphylactic activity of ethanolic extract of Sanseveiria trifasciata leaves (EEST) in rodents, J Ethnopharmacol, 142(3), 627-33.

González, A. G. et al., (1972), New sources of steroid sapogenins—XIV: 25S-ruscogenin and sansevierigenin, two new spirostan sapogenins from Sansevieria trifasciata, Tetrahedron, 28(5), 1289-1297.

Mimaki, Y. et al., (1996), Steroidal saponins from Sansevieria trifasciata, Phytochemistry, 43(6), 1325–1331.

Mimaki, Y. et al., (1997), Pregnane glycosides from Sansevieria trifasciata, Phytochemistry, 44(1), 107–111.

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