Trichosanthes anguina L.

Common Names:
Pathola (S)
Padivilangu, Podivilangi, Polangai, Pudol (T)
Snake gourd (E)
Ahiphala, Sudirgha, Veshmakula (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Fruit and seed

Uses in traditional medicine :

Fruit is edible and taken to soothe the digestive track
Seeds are anthelmintic and emetic

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

A galactose-binding lectin, isolectin complex and protein: trichoanguin from seeds; flavonoid: kaempferol and its glycosides from leaves; isomers of conjugated linolenic acid: α-eleostearic and punicic acids from oil

Bioactivity :

α-eleostearic and punicic acids: antioxidative, anti-inflammatory; trichoanguin: type I ribosome inactivating protein

Clinical:

Note :

Fruits are used as a vegetable

References :

Anuradha, P. and Bhide, S. V., (1999), An isolectin complex from Trichosanthes anguina seeds, Phytochemistry, 52(5),751-8.

Chow, L. P. et al., (1999), Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of trichoanguin, a novel type I ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Trichosanthes anguina, Biochemical Journal, 338, 211-219.

Saha, S. S. and Ghosh, M., (2011), Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect of conjugated linolenic acid isomers against streptozotocin-induced diabetes, British Journal of Nutrition, 1, 1-10.

Shanavas, K. R. et al., (1995), Purification and some properties of a lectin from the seeds of Trichosanthes anguina, Biologia Plantarum, 37(3),
417-422.

Yadava, R. N. and Syeda, Y., (1994), An isoflavone glycoside from the seeds of Trichosanthes anguina, The International Journal of Plant Biochemistry, 36(6), 1519–1521.

Yoshizaki, M. et al., (1987), A chemotaxonomic study of flavonoids in the leaves of six Trichosanthes species, Phytochemistry, 26(9), 2557- 2558.

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