Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Wood and fruit
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Powdered wood dissolved in lime juice is applied for boils, inflammations, skin diseases and headaches
- Fruit is used to treat dysentery
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Terpenes: isopterocarpolone, pterocarptriol, pterocarpdiolone, β-eudesmol, pterocarpol, cryptomeridiol, oleanolic acid derivatives, stilbenoid: pterostilbene, lignans: savinin, calocedrin, phenanthrenedione chalcones: pterolinus K and L, neoflavonoids: pterolinuses A–J from heartwood
Bioactivity :
Methanol extracts of leaves and stem: antibacterial, free radical scavenger; ethanol and aqueous extracts of stem bark: hepatoprotective, hypoglycaemic; wood powder: safe and effective in treating acute wounds; savinin: anti-inflammatory; methanol extract of plant: anticancer
Clinical:
Ointment prepared from plant: wound healing
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