Melastoma malabathricum L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Young shoot and leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Decoction of the young shoots with leaves is taken for indigestion
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Flavonoids: naringenin, quercetin, kaempferol and its derivatives, triterpenes: ursolic and asiatic acids, α-amyrin, amides: auranamide, patriscabratine; phenolic compound: ellagic acid, hydrolysable tannins: nobotanins B, G, H and J and malabathrins B–D from leaves and flowers
Bioactivity :
Aqueous and methanol extracts of leaves: antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antidiarrhoeal, anticoagulant, antiproliferative, antioxidative, antihyperlipidaemic, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, antiulcer
Clinical:
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