The alcoholic extract of the roots of memecylon umbellatum also showed a. Ironwood tree, kora kaha flower, delek air tree botanical name. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Identification and genetic diversity analysis of memecylon species.
Broccoli brassica oleracea l var italics is a flower of vegetables like cabbage plants. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity analysis of some. Jun 21, 2011 memecylon edule is a shrub or small tree with medicinal properties belonging to the family melastomataceae. Evaluation of phytochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial. Leaves opposite, ovateoblong, up to 10 x 5 cm, semi amplexicaul or subcordate at base, acute or subobtuse at apex.
An wikimedia commons mayda media nga nahahanungod han. In all five sites tree species richness and density decreased with increasing. Herbal medicine in the treatment of patients with type 2. Vivekanandan 9 treated memecylon umbellatum and memecylon edule. Pdf the medicinal value of memecylon umbellatum leaf extract. Where the wood gets large enough it is often used traditionally for purposes such as poles, house posts, lumber and furniture. Alpha tocopherol a new report from memecylon species. This study has been conducted in order to investigate the antiinflammatory and antioxidant potentials of memecylon umbellatum leaf extract under invitro.
Fresh, dried and desiccated powdered leaf samples were studied for their morphology, microscopy, organoleptic characters, and an assortment of other who recommended methods for standardisation. It is also found in sri lanka, where it is called blue mist, korakaha sinhala language and kurrikaya tamil language. The western ghats is the major centre of memecylon species is included and rest were excluded from giving the. Where the wood gets large enough it is often used traditionally for purposes such as. Collected leaf sample was dried under shade for 15 days and powdered by using electric blender bajaj make.
The different parts of the plant have been used for the preparation of the herbal products which are used orally or for external applications. Philippine medicinal plants an illustrated compilation by dr godofredo stuart, with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and research studies. Prakash department of studies in biotechnology, 1institution of excellence, university of mysore, manasagangotri, mysore570 006, india bharathi, et al. If am not wrong it is kaasaan, memecylon umbellatum, called as kaasaan meaning lord krishna, owing to the flower colour in tamil. The antioxidative potential of different solvent extracts of memecylon umbellatum.
Different parts of memecylon umbellatum were found infected during rainy season by fungi. The plant list includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus memecylon. It consists of 350400 species of small to mediumsized trees and shrubs occurring in the old world tropics. Here we have collected healthy and infected leaves and bark samples from infected plants in rainy season julyaugust. It is being observed that the invented medicines are not much effective in treatment, as the infection causing microbes are becoming resistant and modifying themselves into multidrug resistant strains. To investigate the effect of these fungi on some of the basic metabolites like minerals and sugars, the present study was undertaken.
Nadaf 3 department of pharmacognosy, bharati vidyapeeth college of pharmacy, chitranagari, kolhapur, india. Preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation of antimicrobial potential of memecylon umbellatum burn melastomataceae aerial parts. Glucosidase inhibitory action of isolated compound beta amyrin from memecylon umbellatum burm. Evaluation of phytochemical constituents from stems of memecylon umbellatum brum. The anti diabetic and anti obesity effect of memecylon. Onestep green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using leaf extract. Identification and genetic diversity analysis of memecylon.
The present study includes antimicrobial activity of memecylon umbellatum alcoholic extract showed maximum antibacterial activity staphylococcus aureus. Screening of anticancer activity of selected medicinal plants. The leaves of the plant are extensively used to treat eye troubles, leucorrhoea, gonorrhea, conjunctivitis. Research journal of pharmaceutical, biological and. Memecylon umbellatum is a well known herbal drug in india.
Identification and characterization of memecylon species using. Several antibiotics are in use to treat different diseases caused by human pathogenic microorganisms. Memecylon umbellatum, commonly known as ironwood, anjani tamil, malayalam or alli hindi, is a small tree found in india, the andaman islands and the coastal region of the deccan. Microscopic evaluation of leaves of memecylon umbellatum burm. Memecylon an wikispecies in mayada impormasyon nga may pagkahisumpay ha. Memecylon umbellatum in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Research article microscopic evaluation of leaves of memecylon umbellatum burm sureshg. Research on plants that can be used to treat diabetes such as cinnamomum cassia and cinnamomum zeylanicum, piper sarmentosum roxb, nelumbo nucifera, ceiba petandra memecylon malabaricum. Memecylon edule leaf extract mediated green synthesis of. Dec 30, 2015 seeds germination within fruit in angiospermic plant is known as vivipary.
Memecylon caeruleum blue strawberry flowers memecylon edule, memecylon globiferum, memecylon pyrifolium ironwood tree, delek air memecylon ovatum, memecylon edule var. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Pdf occurrence of vivipary in memecylon umbellatum burm. An alcoholic leaf extract of memecylon umbellatum burm was examined for its wound healing activity in the form of ointment 0. Its leaves are used for their astringent, antispasmodic, antitumor, and neuroleptic activities, as well as to treat leucorrhoea and gonorrhea.
The leaves are used to treat conjunctivitis, and internally to treat. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Antidiabetic activities of broccoli extracts brassica. Occurrence of vivipary in memecylon umbellatum burm. Evaluation of phytochemical constituents from stems of. This herb is also known as the iron wood tree, which grows in the western peninsula and in most coastal areas. Memecylon umbellatum 63 fu drypetes sepiaria 60 sl vitex altissima 64 fc. Buy memecylon umbellatum plant from indias largest online plant nursery at best price. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the melastomataceae clade. The results of the study indicated that memecylon umbellatum has interesting possibilities as a source of oral hypoglycemic agent.
Screening of anticancer activity of selected medicinal. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. The plant list includes 289 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus memecylon. The antioxidative potential of different solvent extracts of memecylon umbellatum leaves were evaluated using 1,1diphenyl 2picryl hydroxyl dpph,hydroxyl radical, reducing ability the bht was used as standard, nitric oxide, chelating activity and. Phytochemical screening of leaves of memecylon umbellatum. Monophyly of memecylon is strongly supported in most of umbellatum leaf extract treated with green. Evaluation of phytochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of memecylon l. It figures as one of the 100 flowers offered to lord shiva in the famous tamil poet kapilars work kurinjip paatu. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical africa, madagascar, sri lanka, india and malaysia. Memecylon umbellatum ironwood tree kora kaha flower. The anti diabetic and anti obesity effect of memecylon umbellatum extract in. The young and mature leaves were collected form semi evergreen forests of central western ghats.
Media in category memecylon umbellatum the following 64 files are in this category, out of 64 total. Pharmacognostic parameters for the evaluation of the leaves and young stem of memecylon umbellatum burm. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs. Aim of present work is to perform the microscopic evaluation and physicochemical analysis and to explore the morphology parameters of memecylon umbellatum burm leaves. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Padmavathy j1,raju d2, sai saraswathi v3, kayalvizhi m, saravanan d1 1ratnam institute of pharmacy, pidathapolur, nellore524 346, andhra pradesh, india. Memecylon malabaricum welcome to pilikula nisarga dhama. Our aim was to evaluate the antidiabetic and antiobesity activity of methanolic extract of memecylon umbellatum mu in alleviation of. Identification and genetic diversity analysis of memecylon species using issr. Trichomes are mostly absent and stomata anomocytic were observed on both epidermal surfaces. Restoration of a degraded dry forest using nurse trees at dambulla, sri lanka anuradha w. Species 365 memecylon species are utilized world wide as timbers, ornamentals, source of edible fruits and yellow dye in addition to their medicinal properties3. Silver nitrate and chloroauric acid were purchased from sigmaaldrich st louis, mo, and the aqueous leaf extract of m. We have no more specific information for this species, but in general the wood of memecylon species is usually white to brown, very dense and heavy, sinking in water.
Onestep green synthesis and characterization of leaf. John kirubakaran 2 1 department of pharmaceutics, school of pharmacy, asmara college of health sciences, asmara, eritrea, ne africa. The plant is known as anjani in sanskrit and iron wood tree in english. Memecylon umbellatum is a large evergreen shrub or a tree that usually grows from 8 15 metres tall372. World journal of pharmaceutical research sjif impact. The plant is used in the treatment of diabetes, herpes, gonorrhea, leucorrhea and skin diseases. Pdf preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation. Subban murugesan1 and annamalai panneerselvam2 1department of botany, periyar university. Research article microscopic evaluation of leaves of.
Pdf antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities of. Buy memecylon umbellatum plant online at nurserylive. Journal of botanical sciences evaluation of phytochemical constituents from stems of memecylon umbellatum brum. Memecylon edule, memecylon globiferum, memecylon pyrifolium ironwood tree, delek air memecylon ovatum, memecylon edule var. Restoration of a degraded dry forest using nurse trees at. In the rapd and issr analyses, 27 accessions representing five memecylon species.
Melastomataceae comprises of about 300 species in the world, of which 30 species has been reported from india santapau and henry, 1974. The rubiaceae, mimosaceae, euphorbiaceae, rutaceae and sapindaceae constituted the most. There is a confusion regarding the taxonomic status of memecylon malabaricum, m. Memecylon umbellatum showed a significant lowering of serum glucose levels in normal and alloxan induced diabetic mice17. Buy memecylon umbellatum online at nurserylive best. Melastomataceae is a small evergreen shrub or tree which grows up to 8. Phylogenetic analysis clearly distinguished memecylon malabaricum from memecylon wightii and memecylon umbellatum from memecylon edule and clades formed are in accordance with morphological keys. Pdf wound healing activity of memecylon umbellatum burm. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Temple groves, evergreenness and spatial variation abstract woody and climbing species were inventoried at 60 tropical dry evergreen forest sites 43 temple groves, 9 reserve forests, 7 charnockite hillocks. This page was last edited on 25 november 2015, at 08. Memecylon umbellatum burm family melastomataceae is small evergreen shrub or tree having young tree branches and bears numerous cymes. Several plant species have been used for the treatment of diabetes. Alpha tocopherol a new report from memecylon species t.
The pdf is free to circulate or add to other websites and is licensed. Pharmacognostic parameters for evaluation of the leaves. General information memecylon umbellatum is a large evergreen shrub or a tree that usually grows from 8 15 metres tall. The medicinal value of memecylon umbellatum leaf extract. Memecylon umbellatum is an ethnomedicinal plant used traditionally for. Ang memecylon sakop sa kabanay nga melastomataceae matang nga nahiubos. Author links open overlay panel ravindra puttaswamy rajeshwara n. Citeseerx biological sciences phytochemical analysis. This film is a part of report titled pankaj oudhias healing herbs for unique symptoms. This name is unresolved the record derives from tropicos data supplied on 20120418 which does not establish this name either as an accepted name or as a synonym record 502382.
The flavonoids quercetin, rutin and apigenin has been isolated from the roots of memecylon umbellatum and their structure were established by spectral analysis and direct comparison with authentic. The present study focuses on the occurrence of vivipary in memecylon umbellatum and reports that vivipary in m. Sivu et alphytochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of memecylon l. Antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities of memecylon. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The present study was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of memecylon umbellatum seeds using cup plate method against five strains of bacterial species, viz.
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