Unona desmos Health Dictionary

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Raeusch.

Synonym: Desmos cochinchinensis Lour.

Family: Annonaceae.

Habitat: Assam.

Action: Root—febrifuge.

The roots contain a desmoflavone. A cycloartane triterpenoid desmosinol has been isolated from stem. The root of U. discolor Vahl, synonym Desmos chinensis Lour. (forests of north-east, south and west India) is given for vertigo.

The root contains a flavonoid des- mal. Desmal inhibited tyrosine kinase in situ in epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor overexpressing NIH3T3 (ERIZ) cells. It also inhibited EGF-induced inositol phosphate formation and morphological changes.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Desmostachya Bipinnata

Stapf.

Synonym: Eragrostis cynosuroides Beauv.

Family: Gramineae; Poaceae.

Habitat: Throughout the plains of India in dry and hot areas and in sandy deserts.

English: Sacrificial Grass (smaller var.)

Ayurvedic: Kusha, Suuchyagra, Yagyabhuushana, Kshurapatra.

Siddha/Tamil: Tharubai.

Action: Root—cooling, diuretic, galactagogue, astringent. Used for urinary calculi, and other diseases of the bladder. Clums—used in menorrhagia, dysentery, diarrhoea and in skin diseases. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommended the use of the rootstock in dysuria, vaginal discharges and erysipelas.

Dosage: Rootstock—50-100 g for decoction. (API Vol. III.)... desmostachya bipinnata

Desmosome

n. an area of contact between two adjacent cells, occurring particularly in epithelia. The cell membranes at a desmosome are thickened and fine fibres (tonofibrils) extend from the desmosome into the cytoplasm.... desmosome

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