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Evolvulus nummularius (L.) Linn.
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The Convolvulaceae are mostly twining herbs or shrubs, sometimes with milky sap, comprising about 85 genera and 2,800 species in the World. The present study focuses into nine species of Convolvulaceae in central India with reference to M.P. & C.G. which have excellent medicinal properties. Ipomoea L. (5 species discussed), used to treat arsenic an...
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... Operculinaturpethum(L.)Silva Manso commonly known as Trivrit, is an important medicinal plant, belongs to the family Convolvulaceae.It 1,2 is utilized in more than 130 Ayurvedic herbal formulations. Trivrit is used in traditional medical practices of Ayurveda for treatment of various diseases like edema, constipation, hepatosplenomegaly (liver and spleen enlargement) intoxication, haemorrhoids, obesity, , 3,4, abdominal tumors, ulcers and skin disorders. ...
Operculinaturpethum, L.SilvaMansois an important medicinal plant belonging tothe family Convolvulaceae. It is commonly known as Trivritand used in various traditional systems of medicine in India, i.e. Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. The plant is a perennial aromatic climber with many medicinal properties like antimicrobial, ulcer protective, anti-inammatory, analgesic activity, anticancer and antioxidant properties etc. Root bark, root, stem, and leaves have high medicinal value.Root bark of contains 10% 'turpethin', which is a glycoside, analogue of Jalapine and Convolvulin.Turpethin is mainly responsible for purgative action of Trivrit and safer substitute for jalap. In the present study, preliminary phytochemical analysis of root and root barkof Operculinaturpethum was done. The roots were shade dried, crushed and powdered. The powder was extracted in Soxhlet apparatus by using four different solvents like Petroleum ether, Ethyl acetate, Chloroform, Methanol. The extract was analyzed for presence of different phytochemicals by using standard methods. Our ndings revealed the presence of saponins,steroids, alkaloids,terpenoids, avonoids and cardiac glycosides. Among the solvents, Ethyl acetate showed the presence alkaloids, steroids and glycosides compounds. Presence of alkaloids, steroids, tannins and glycosideswas observed in Chloroform extract. The methanolic extract showed the presence of alkaloids, avanoids, saponins and glycosides. Thus, a preliminary screening is essential to understand the nature of the bioactive compounds and their pharmacological action of Operculinaturpethum
... The species are mainly used by the tribal communities for the treatment of various diseases. Some species showed antimicrobial, anticoagulant, analgesic, hypoglycemic and anticancer activity 7 . Species of Ipomoea play a crucial role in the food security, nutrition, and income generation of the rural poor but still most of them are neglected and underutilized their potential value is underestimated and underexploited due to negligence by research and conservation 8 . ...
The plant Ipomoea of Convovulaceae family has a wide distribution (tropical and subtropical regions) with 600-700 species. The plants of this genus has been used in folk and traditional medicine for the treatment of wide variety of pathological conditions and to cure diseases like kidney infections, urinary infections, digestive disorders etc by the ethnic people throughout the world. Several species of Ipomoea has also been used as ornamental plants and in the religious rituals by the tribal people. Recent report on Ipomoea reveals its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant also shows antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and anticancer activity. Different species of Ipomoea are also cultivated for food and for the generation of household income. In Jharkhand, many species of Ipomoea (I.carnea, I.cairica, I.alba, I.digitata, I.aquatica, I.quamoclit etc.) are found growing on waste area generally disturbed soil, forest margin, open road lands, fences and growing near water waste as weed. In Jharkhand various species of Ipomoea shows luxuriant growth and are also used as a conventional nutritional supplement. But most of the species are still underutilized and are being destroyed rapidly from various places. Reason may be treating the plant as weed, changing climate and its less economic exploitation, urbanization, industrialization and lack of knowledge about its utility. So in order to access the diversity of the priority species and to establish their research need, survey of Ipomoea species was conducted in and around Ranchi district. The study revealed 10 Ipomoea species as Neglected and Underutilized Weed Species (NUWS) having ethno medicinal and nutritional values. It was found that neglect and underutilization of these species varied and mostly depend upon the topography of the region and on the nature of the ethnic tribal people of the area. The present study also revealed the distribution traditional use and active ingredients of all 10 species of Ipomoea and illustrates the potential of the genus as a source of therapeutic agent.
... ,Sinha and Sinha 2013, Ray and Sainkhediya 2014, Sahu and Gupta 2014, Singh and Upadhyay 2014, Sandya and Ahirwar 2015, Thakur 2015a,b, and Vinodia and Dixit 2017 which are both highly and timely needed, very few studies have been carried out on plant invasion in Central India.Reshi et al. (2017) has documented 143 alien species comprising of 43 families from tropical dry deciduous forests of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. Suman et al. (2017) has enumerated 75 alien angiospermic plants from Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. ...
... ,Sinha and Sinha 2013, Ray and Sainkhediya 2014, Sahu and Gupta 2014, Singh and Upadhyay 2014, Sandya and Ahirwar 2015, Thakur 2015a,b, and Vinodia and Dixit 2017 which are both highly and timely needed, very few studies have been carried out on plant invasion in Central India.Reshi et al. (2017) has documented 143 alien species comprising of 43 families from tropical dry deciduous forests of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. Suman et al. (2017) has enumerated 75 alien angiospermic plants from Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. ...
The Himalayan mountains have emerged among the most sensitive ecosystems
under the global climate change (CC) scenario. Impacts of CC are realized all
across the physical, biological and socio-economic components of the ecosystems.
Particularly, community distribution range of plant species and their phenologies
are predicted to experience varying level of shifts across these gradients
and, thus, act as potential indicators of CC. It has been anticipated that the richness
of endemic species with restricted distribution and life support values
(goods and services) of this global biodiversity hotspot is highly vulnerable
under the changing climate. Unfortunately, poor availability of systematic long-term
data sets from the region has severely limited our capability to objectively
define the intensity of impacts on biodiversity and develop suitable conservation
strategies to respond to the emerging challenges of climate change. This chapter
provides an overview of research-based evidence of the impacts of CC on flora
and fauna of the Himalayan region and provides some mitigation measures for
biodiversity conservation.
... In carbuncles and boils roots are used. To treat sore, boils and pimples in Poultice leaves are used( Sahu and Gupta 2014). 30. ...
Morphology of Coastal area shows the natural structure which acts as a shield
or defense system by absorbing energy from wave, wind and tide action. These
play a key role in protecting the coastal environment from erosion and flooding.
Coastal dune flora helps in dune stabilization and restoration as well as act as a
natural purifier at coastline. The sand dune comprises of many types of floras
with different habits. These floras have a great stress tolerance capabilities and
more or less soil binding capacity. However the coastal dunes is degraded or
destructed due to lack of exploration of their medicinal values to most of the
peoples. Due to development and constant anthropogenic activities along the
coastal areas these Coastal Sand Dune floras and its associated vegetation are
rapidly eliminated. With this the traditional knowledge is also gradually
vanishing. A survey was made during November, 2019 and total 54 plant
species were recorded from 33 different families. The experimental plant
species (Hydrophylax maritima) was collected and dried to make powder. The
plant extract was obtained by the soxhlet method. Then phytochemical
screening, TLC and antibacterial activities were carried out against a gram
positive bacteria (Streptococcus mutans). The phytochemical assay and TLC
were carried out to identify the the bioactive compounds and secondary
metabolites present in the plant extract. The phytochemical screening reveal the
presence of saponin, tannins and flavonoids in aqueous extrract. The
phytochemical and antibacterial activities showed its pharmacological potential.
... In this regard medicinal plants are proved to be the sources for the discovery of new drugs [23,24]. In the developing countries, which face the problems of the quantity and quality of modern drugs, medicinal plants derived compounds have recently gained much importance and their old traditional uses are valued much more nowadays [25]. The current study revealed that antifungal activity of the wild plants proved to be much more significant and can be a very suitable substitute of the modern medicines. ...
antifungal prospective of cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit Linn). Pure and Applied Biology. Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp464-470. http://dx. Abstract The study established out to find the anti-fungal and anti-bacterial action of Ipomoea quamoclit. We focus on the study to find fractions, which are active against bacterial and fungal species. The fractions aqueous, chloroform, n-hexane, methanolic extract and ethyl acetate was obtained and were tested against the selected four fungal and four bacterial species which are very common in different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The n-hexane fractions inhibit the growth of bacterial strains (46-48%) which was the highest inhibition zone and the lowest activity shown by crude methanolic extracts (38-44%) against all the selected bacterial strains. However, in ant-fungal activity, the highest activity shown by crude methanolic extracts (35-65%) against the four selected fungal species and lowest activity displayed by the aqueous fractions. The other fractions also shown some moderate activity but were significant.
... It is traditionally used for wound healing, hysteria, nose bleed, dysentery, vomiting and convulsions [7][8][9]. Cornus capitata Wall. (Cornaceae) is widely present from China to the Himalayas and is traditionally used for managing diabetes [10]. ...
The objective of this study was to investigate simple, sensitive, specific and reliable high-performance liquid chromatography method for determination of seven polyphenols viz. gallic acid, catechin, rutin, ellagic acid, umbelliferone, quercetin, and kaempferol in medicinal plants. i.e. Cornus capitata Wall. (leaves), Clematis grata Wall. (whole plant), Evolvulus nummularis (L.) L. (whole plant), Roylea cinerea (D. Don) Baill. (leaves and stem). Different polyphenols were detected and quantified in all the plant extracts. The chromatographic separation of seven polyphenols was achieved by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) 250 × 4.6 mm enable-C18G column (i.d., 5 μm) using linear gradient elution of buffer (0.5% orthophosphoric acid, 1.36 g KH2PO4 in 1 L of water) and acetonitrile with a flow rate of 1 mL/min at λ 280 nm. Standard calibration curves were linear in the range of 1.95–1000 μg/mL. The method was validated for linearity, accuracy, repeatability, limit of detection, and limit of quantification. Increased oxidative stress may be attributable to increased xanthine oxidase activity which leads to hyperuricemia. Results revealed that the C. capitata (leaves) extract showed 50% inhibiton at 66.76 μg/mL against xanthine oxidase (in vitro). Results of the present study suggest the Cornus capitata Wall. (leaves) extract can be helpful in the treatment of hyperuricemia
... Convolvulaceae is known as morning glory or bindweed family consists of approximately 2800 species belonging to 85 genera and are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions [5]. Plants belonging to Convolvulaceae have a rich floristic diversity and possess medicinal value [6]. ...
... f., M. emarginata Brum. f. and some species of Ipomoea L. are used to treat diseases [5,10] ...
... . Previous phytochemical screening studies in Convolvulaceae have been performed on seeds, stems, leaves, roots, whole plants [5,[11][12]. However, limited studies on phytochemical screening and their medicinal properties of stems and leaves of Convolvulaceae are available in this part of the region. ...
Objective: To screen phytochemicals from stems and leaves of 23 selected taxa of Convolvulaceae.Methods: Stem and leaves of the selected 23 taxa were collected and shade dried. Methanol extract was used for preliminary screening of phytochemicals such as alkaloids, carbohydrates, glycosides, saponins, proteins, phytosterols, tepenoids, fixed oils, phenolic compounds, flavonoids and tannins.Results: Phytochemicals were present in all selected taxa of Convolvulaceae. Leaves showed most of the phytochemicals than stems. The important phytochemicals in leaves were flavonoids, carbohydrates, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and phenolic compounds while those in stems were carbohydrates, saponins and phenolic compounds. Proteins and fixed oils were absent in the taxa studied.Conclusion: Phytochemical screening in the present study, revealed that maximum phytochemicals were present in leaves than in stems.
... In Pakistan, the genus Convolvulus is represented by 21 wild and cultivated species including one endemic species Convolvulus scindicus (Ghazanfar, 1979). The Convolvulus species are well known for their economic and medicinal value and they have long been used as ornamentals, laxatives and as a brain tonic (Bhowmik et al., 2012;Agarwal et al., 2014a;Sahu & Gupta, 2014;Agarwa et al., 2014b). ...
A molecular systematics analysis was conducted using sequence data of chloroplast rbcL gene for the genus Convolvulus L., by distance and character based phylogenetic methods. Fifteen representative members from genus Convolvulus L., were included as ingroup whereas two members from a sister family Solanaceae were taken as outgroup to root the tree. Intraspecific relationships within Convolvulus were inferred by distance matrix, maximum parsimony and bayesian analysis. Transition/transversion ratio was also calculated and it was revealed that in the investigated Convolvulus species, transitional changes were more prevalent in rbcL gene. The nature of rbcL gene in the present study was observed to be conserved, as it does not show major variations between examined species. Distance matrix represented the minimal genetic variations between some species (C. glomeratus and C. pyrrhotrichus), thus exhibiting them as close relatives. The result of parsimonious and bayesian analysis revealed almost similar clades however maximum parsimony based tree was unable to establish relationship between some Convolvulus species. The bayesian inference method was found to be the method of choice for establishing intraspecific associations between Convolvulus species using rbcL data as it clearly defined the connections supported by posterior probability values.
... 2 The leaf paste of the plant is applied on sore between toes and fingers. 3 Isolation and chemical characterization of resinous glycosides, 4 flavonolglycosides 5-6 and alkaloids 7 from the leaves and anthocyanin from the flowers 8 of I. carnea have been reported. The leaves are toxic to cattle and the toxicity is attributed to the inhibitory activity of lysosomal β-glucosidase and α and β-mannosidases by polyhydroxy alkaloids such as swainsonine and calystegines. ...
Background: Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa is a plant native to South America, but sparsely distributed in India and Bangladesh. Aphrodisiac, purgative, cathartic and sore curing properties have been attributed to the plant. Although there were several papers on the antifungal and antibacte-rial activities of on the crude extractives of the plant, the first report on the bioassay monitored isolation and characterization of the chief antifungal compounds as a mixture of E and Z isomers of octadecyl p-coumarates was published from this Institute. Material and Methods: The methanol extractive of Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa exhibited antifungal activity against the mycelial growth of Phytophthora nictotiana by poisoned food technique. This is in addition to the reported activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Results and Discussion: Octadecyl p-coumarates isolated from the plant by column chromatography followed by HPLC exhibited activity against the mycelial growth of Cercospora capsici. This is in addition to the reported activity of octadecyl p-coumarates against the spore germination of Alternaria alternata, Alternaria porri and Cladosporium cucumerinum. Conclusion: Additional studies conducted with the crude extractive
of Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa confirmed its antifungal activity against Phytophthora nicotianae. Identification of octadecyl p-coumarates as antifungal active principles was confirmed by its activity against Cercospora capsici by modified mycelial growth inhibition study.
