Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn.
Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn.
Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn.
Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn.
MH060 : Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 148 |
| Synonym | : | Desmodium leschenaultii DC.;
Desmodium timoriense DC.;
Desmodium viscidum auct. non DC. (Misapplied);
Glycine viscida (L.) Willd.;
Hedysarum viscidum L.;
Pseudarthria gyroides Z. & M.; Pseudarthria timoriensis (DC.) Z. & M.; Rhynchosia viscida (L.) DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Viscid pseudarthria, chikta, prsniparni, salaparni |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Viscid pubescent subshrubs up to 75 cm tall. Leaves 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet 5-8 x 4-6 cm, ovate-rhomboid; laterals 3-4 x 2-3.5 cm, obliquely ovate, base cuneate or obtuse, apex acute, glabrescent above and densely woolly below; petioles 4-6 cm long; stipules 5-6 mm long, subulate. Flowers in axillary or terminal, often branched racemes; bracts and bracteoles 4-5 mm long, subulate, hairy. Calyx-tube 1-1.5 mm long; lobes 2-3 mm long, subulate, hairy. Corolla purplish; standard 4-5 mm long, ovate-obtuse. Stamens 9+1; staminal sheath c. 4 mm long. Ovary 3.5-4 mm long, terete, densely pubescent without; style subulate, incurved; stigma capitate. Pods 1-2 x 0.4-0.5 cm, linear-oblong, compressed, pubescent with hooked hairs. Seeds 4-6, reniform. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Plant is used in tridoshas, cough, asthma, fever, dysentery, cardiac ailments, rheumatoid arthritis and aid in fast healing of fractured bone. The roots are astringent, thermogenic, digestive, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, aphrodisiac, nervine, cardio and rejuvenating tonic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of cough, bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis, helminthiasis, Diarrhea, gout, diabetes, hyperthermia and general debility. anti-diabetic, anti Diarrheal, anti cancer,
cough, bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis,
helminthiasis, Diarrhea, inflammation, cardiopathy, fever, hemorrhoids, gout, diabetes, hyperthermia and general debility |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Rutin; Quercetin; Gallic acid; Ferulic acid; Caffeic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Quercetin; Rutin; Caffeic acid; Ferulic acid; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Thinakaran Rajan, "In Silico analysis of compounds characterized from Pseudarthria viscida root with TNF alpha" Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 02 (06); 2012: 125 to 128
- Raihan, M. O., Tareq, S. M., Brishti, A., Alam, M. K., Haque, A., and Ali, M. S.(2012). Evaluation of antitumor activity of Leea indica (Burm.f.) merr extract against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) bearing mice. Am. J. Biomed. Sci. 4, 143 to 152. doi: 10.5099/aj120200143
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245064 |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ K. Rajendran, K.K. Srinivasan, A. Shirwaikar; "Pharmacognostical evaluation of the roots of Pseudarthria viscida (Linn.)"; Natural Product Sciences (2007); 13(3): 214-219 PMID : ~ 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 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Pseudarthria |
| Species | : Pseudarthria viscida (L.)Wight & Arn. |