Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees - green chireta
MH377 : Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 43 |
| Synonym | : | Andrographis subspathulata C. B. Cl.;
Justicia latebrosa Russ. ex Wall.;
Justicia paniculata Burm. fil.;
Justicia stricta Lam. ex Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Green chiretta, Andrographis, Kalmegh, Creat, Kalpanath, Kirayat |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Slender woody herbs; branches glabrous. Leaves to 9 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate at apex, base acute, decussate, glabrous. Panicle terminal and upper axillary, glandular-hairy. Flowers many, distant; calyx lobes 3 mm long, linear, hairy, connate at base; corolla 14 mm long, tube ventricose, hairy, upper lip entire, midlobe of lower lip broader than laterals, acute, glandular-hairy; ovary puberulus, style hairy. Capsule 20-30 x 3 mm, oblong, acute, hairy; retinacula spoon shaped; seeds 8, glabrous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Makhala |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, ulcer, leprosy, bronchitis, skin diseases, flatulence, colic, influenza, dysentery, dyspepsia and malaria |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Andrographolide; deoxyandrographolide; neoandrographolide; Andrographolactone; Andrographidoid A; Andrographidoid B;
Andrographidoid C; Andrographidoid D;
Andrographidoid E; Panicoline;
Paniculide A; Paniculide B; Paniculide C; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Andrographolide; Deoxyandrographolide; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- Geethangili, M., Rao, Y. K., Fang, S. H., and Tzeng, Y. M. (2008). Cytotoxic
constituents from Andrographis paniculata induce cell cycle arrest in jurkat cells. Phytother. Res. 22, 1336 1341. doi: 10.1002/ptr.2493
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228738
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032030/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ AHM Mahmudur Rahman; "A Review on Medicinal Plants with Anticancer Activity Available In Bangladesh"; Mod Appl Pharm Pharmacol (2018); 1(4). MAPP.000516 PMID : ~ Avni G. Desai, Ghulam N. Qazi, Ramesh K. Ganju, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Jaswant Singh, Ajit K. Saxena, Yashbir S. Bedi, Subhash C. Taneja, and Hari K. Bhat; "Medicinal Plants and Cancer Chemoprevention"; Curr Drug Metab. (2008); 9(7): 581–591 PMID : ~ Kazhila C. Chinsembu and Marius Hedimbi; "Ethnomedicinal plants and other natural products with anti-HIV active compounds and their putative modes of action"; International Journal for Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Research (2010); 1(6): 74-91 PMID : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Andrographis Wall. ex Nees - false waterwillow |
| Species | : Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees - green chireta |