Atalantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliv.

Rutaceae

Common Names:
Yakinaran (S)
Pey-kurundhu (T)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Leaf

Uses in traditional medicine :

Leaves are boiled in a clay pot and the steam is inhaled for cold and cattarh

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Furanocoumarins: imperatorin, bergapten, xanthotoxin, heraclenin, oxypeucedanin; oximes: ataloxime A and B from seed; acronycine analogues from bark; pyranoflavone: carpachromene, benzaldehyde derivatives, acridone alkaloids and 11-hydroxynoracronycine from leaves

Bioactivity :

Clinical:

References :

Bacher, M. et al., (1990), Oximes from seeds of Atalantia ceylanica, Phytochemistry, 50, 991-994.

Bowen, I. N. and Patel, Y. N., (1987), Acridone Alkaloids and Other Constituents of the Leaves of Atalantia ceylanica, Planta Med, 53(1), 73-75.

Fraser, A. W. and Lewis, J. R., (1973), Rutaceous Constitutents. Part 11.l Two Acridone Alkaloids from Atalantia ceylanica (Rutaceae), Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions, 1, 1173-1175.

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