Polycarpaea corymbosa Health Dictionary

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Lam.

Family: Caryophyllaceae.

Habitat: Throughout the greater part of India, ascending up to 2,100 m in the Himalaya.

Ayurvedic: Parpata (substitute).

Siddha/Tamil: Nilaisedachi.

Folk: Pittapaaparaa (Uttar Pradesh), Rupaaphuli (Gujarat).

Action: Leaves—anti-inflammatory, applied as poultice. Also prescribed in jaundice in the form of pills with molasses. Flowering head, along with stem and leaves—astringent, demulcent. Plant—spermicidal.

The plant gave camelliagenins (bar- rigenol) and stigmasterol.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Hedyotis Corymbosa

(Linn.) Lam.

Synonym: Oldenlandia corymbosa Linn.

Family: Rubiaceae.

Habitat: A weed in wet, low lands and in cultivated fields.

Ayurvedic: Kshetraparpata (used in Kerala as Parpataka).

Action: Purifies blood, improves digestion, stimulates action of liver.

The presence of caffeine and fumar- ic acid has been reported in H. corym- bosa.

Iridoidoglucosides have been isolated from H. diffusa Willd. The plant is reported to have immunopotentiation activity and has been used in China to treat some tumours. An aqueous extract of the plant yielded a polysac- charide composed of rhamnose, arabi- nose, xylose, mannose, galactose and glucose.

Hedyotis herbacea Linn., synonym Oldenlandia herbacea Roxb. is also used in Kerala as Parpata, Parpataka.

See Fumaria indica.... hedyotis corymbosa

Rivea Corymbosa

Hallier f.

Family: Convolvulaceae.

Habitat: Native to tropical America; cultivated as an ornament in gardens in Mumbai, Pune and Belgaum.

English: Ololiuqui, Snake Plant.

Action: Seeds—narcotic.

The psychic effect produced by the ground seeds have been ascribed to the presence of ergot-type alkaloids (up to 0.07%) found in embryo. Among the principal alkaloids identified in the seeds are: ergine, isoergine, elymo- clavine, lysergol and chanoclavine. Er- gometrine, clymoclavine, penniclavine and ergometrinine have also been reported. Ergine has been reported to be the most and lysergol the least effective.

A glucoside, turbicoryn, isolated from the seeds, was found to have a CNS stimulant action. (Doses exceeding 31.6 mg/kg proved fatal to test animals in 5-10 min.)

Ergine and isoergine are present in the leaves (0.03%, dry basis) and stems (0.01%, dry basis) but not in the roots.... rivea corymbosa

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