MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH085 : Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 215 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In stream and river beds, drying ponds, moist fields | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Molluginaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | bitter cumin, bitter leaf, Indian chickweed, jima, jharasi, kadvi bhaji, kapitthapatra, parpata, ushnasundara | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Glinus cambessedesii Fenzl. Glinus cambessedesii var. nudiusculus Fenzl. Glinus cambessedesii var. villosus Fenzl. Glinus denticulatus (Guill. & Perr.) Fenzl. Glinus mollugo Fenzl. Glinus oppositifolius var. parviflorus Hauman. Glinus spergula (L.) Steud. Glinus spergula var. rotundifolia (Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie) Ewart & P.H.Jarrett Mollugo spergula L. Pharnaceum spergula (L.) Dillwyn. |
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| Description : | Diffuse or prostrate, glabrous herbs. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, unequal, 7-20 x 3-8 mm, obovate-spathulate, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute, sub-succulent, subsessile. Flowers in axillary, 5-8-flowered fascicles; pedicel to 1.5 cm. Tepals 5, 5-6 x 2-3 mm, oblong, with green central stripe, broad thin hyaline margins, apex obtuse or acute, spreading at anthesis, closing again around fruit. Stamens 5, often alternating with linear, bifid staminodes; anthers oblong. Ovary ellipsoid , 3-celled; ovules many; styles 3, recurved; stigmas capitate. Capsule c. 3 mm long, oblong, loculicidal, enclosed in erect calyx. Seeds ovoid, curved, tubercled, dark reddish brown, with a pair of unequal white hilar appendages. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Treating abdominal pain; jaundice; malaria; wound healing; joint pains, inflammations, Diarrhea, intestinal parasites, fever, boils, skin disorders, immunomodulating effects, chronic and recurrent infections, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis; The plant is said to promote digestion and salivation. It is used as a treatment for bowel complaints and syphilitic affections. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | chemotaxis Oppositifolone squalene spinasterol oleanolic acid phytol spergulagenin A vitexin vicenin-2 benzoic acid 4-hydroxybenzoic acid 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde 4-hydroxy-acetophenone methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate anisic acid vanillin cinnamic acid trans-ferulic acid Kaempferol 3-O-galacto pyranoside Spergulacin spergulacin-A glinoside C spergulin A spergulin B spergulagenin-A spergulagenin-B spergulagenin-C spergulagenin-D linoside A glinoside B squalene oppositifolone lutein Spinasterol Beta-sitosterol Stigmasterol |
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| Reference : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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