Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Root, leaf, flower and bark
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Roots ground with Mee seed oil is rubbed on rheumatic swellings
- Leaves are taken as a vegetable to treat constipation
- Fresh leaf juice is used as a nasal drop for catarrh and applied for headaches
- Bark is used for haemoptysis, diarrhoea and dysentery
- Flowers are used to treat dimness of vision
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Flavonoids: quercetin, myricetin and kaempferol from leaves
Bioactivity :
Petroleum ether and alcohol extracts of leaves: anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, hepatoprotective; aqueous, petrolium ether and alcohol extracts of bark: anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial; protein fraction from flowers: anticancer; phosphate buffer extract of flowers: α-glucosidase inhibitor
Clinical:
Note :
Flowers and leaves are used as vegetables
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