Tylophora tenuis Health Dictionary

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Blume

Synonym: T. tenuissima (Roxb.) W. & A.

Family: Asclepiadaceae.

Habitat: Tamil Nadu up to 2,100 m, and along the back waters in Kerala and West Bengal.

Folk: Nanjaruppan (Tamil Nadu, Kerala).

Action: Plant—alexipharmic; used for the treatment of urticaria, smallpox, excessive perspiration, biolious swellings, as an antidote to arsenic poisoning. Leaves—used for scabies.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Calamus Tenuis

Roxb.

Synonym: C. amarus Lour.

Family: Palmae; Arecaceae.

Habitat: The sub-Himalayan tract from Dehra Dun to Assam.

English: Bareilly Cane.

Ayurvedic: Vetra (var.) (Vetasa, Salix caprea Linn., is a different drug).

Action: See C. rotang.... calamus tenuis

Tylophora Fasciculata

Buch.-Ham ex Wight.

Family: Asclepiadaceae.

Habitat: Sub-Himalayas tract from Uttar Pradesh to Meghalaya and in central and Peninsular India.

Ayurvedic: Go-chandanaa.

Action: Toxic. Used as a substitute for Cephaelis ipecacuanha as emetic, purgative and febrifuge; externally on unhealthy ulcers and wounds.... tylophora fasciculata

Tylophora Indica

(Burm. f.) Merrill.

Synonym: T. asthamatica Wight & Arn.

Family: Asclepiadaceae.

Habitat: Assam, West Bengal, Orissa and Peninsular India.

English: Emetic Swallow Wort, Indian or Country Ipecacuanha.

Ayurvedic: Antamuula, Muulini, Arkaparni.

Siddha/Tamil: Nay Palai, Nangilaip- piratti.

Action: Leaves—used for bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis.

The whole plant yielded alkaloids including tylophorine, tylphorinine, desmethyltylophorine and desmethyl- tylophorinine, and a flavonoid kaem- pferol. The root yielded alkaloids, tylophorinidine and gamma-fagarine. The leaves gave tylophorinidine, d- septicine, d-iso-tylocrebrine; triterpe- noids alpha-and beta-amyrin; beta- sitosterol, stigmasterol and campes- terol; phenylalanine; and quercetin. Ceryl alcohol has also been reported from the plant.

The plant exhibited anti-amoebic activity against axenic and polyax- enic strains of Entamoeba histolytica. Tylophorine and 4-methoxy-14- hydroxytylophorine are 2 and 4 times more effective, respectively, than the standard drugs Emetine dihydrochlo- ride and Metroindazole. Tylophorine is found effective in intestinal as well as hepatic amoebiasis in test animals, but its gross toxicity excludes its potential use in humans.

Tylophorine also exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour properties.

Desmethyltylophorine gave promising results in leukaemia.

The drug irritates the digestive tract.... tylophora indica

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