Shorea worthingtonii P. S. Ashton

Dipterocarpaceae

Synonym:

Doona venulosa Thwaites

Common Names:
Beraliya (S)

Status

Endemic to Sri Lanka

Near Threatened

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Resin

Uses in traditional medicine :

  • Resin is used to treat diarrhoea, skin diseases, dysentery and gonorrhoea

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Benzpyrones: coruleoellagic acid, flavellagic acid, ellagic acid and their derivatives, coumarin: scopoletin, anthraquinone: chrysophanol from bark

 

Bioactivity :

Clinical:

References :

Geevananda, Y. A. et al., (1979), Three hydroxy ellagic acid methyl ethers, chrysophanol and scopoletin from Shorea worthingtonii and Vatica obscura, Phytochemistry, 18(6), 1017–1019.

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