Minor alkaloids present in the seeds are protostrychnine, vomicine, noxystrychnine, pseudostrychnine, isostrychnine, chlorogenic acid, and a glycoside. Pharmacognostical and phytochemical studies of strychnos. Impact of particle sizes of the strychnos potatorum stem on the removal of iron from ground water. Removal of turbidity from drinking water using natural. Strychnos potatorum was found to be effective when used in low dosage, and itwas a good coagulant that gave higher turbidity of 1,0003,000ntu in water treatment apha, 2005. The seed of irmali tree strychnos potatorum linn which grows wild in the vindhyan and southern region of india are lenticular in shape and have previously been studied for their coagulation properties in clarifying turbidwater. Willde strychnos potatorum seeds with outer black coating not advisable to sow the seeds in the beds due to the fact that the radicle grows deep down in the soil before the emergence of plumule and gets damaged during transplanting of seedlings, resulting in high morality. Kinetic, mechanism, equilibrium, and thermodynamic behavior of adsorption of methylene blue mb dye onto surface modified strychnos potatorum seeds smsp, in an aqueous solution were studied. Strychnos potatorum is one of the group of trees which produce the complex and related alkaloids, strychnine and brucine.
The cationic electrolytes of moringa are presumed to act like cations of metal coagulants. In vitro antimicrobial screening of alkaloid fractions. Medicinal plants have a promising future because there are about half. In seed of strychnos nuxvomica base of trichome is pitted, bulbous, ramified with a projection. Adsorption behavior of methylene blue dye onto surface. The strychnos potatorum fly ash was prepared by carbonized at low temperature. This study includes the collective information of different medicinal uses of strychnos potatorum. The destabilisation of water colloids is due to positive or negative charges. Urolithiasis, loganiaceae, lithotripsy, strychnos potatorum l.
Strychnos potatorum linn seeds on the freunds complete adjuvant fca induced arthritic rat paw edema, body weight changes and alterations in haematological and biochemical parameters in both developing and developed phases of arthritis. In such a case the seeds were kept immersed in 50 ml water containing 2ml conc. Preliminary phytochemical screening preliminary phytochemical screening revealed the presence of carbohydrate, fixed oil, saponins, phenolic compounds, phytosterols, alkaloids, flavonoids in 50% ethanolic extract of seeds. The study assessed the suitability of lowcost natural adsorbent to effectively remediate fluoride contaminated water. Trees, to 12 m high, bark 1012 mm thick, brownishblack, rough, corky with deep and narrow vertical cracks. The seed, besides its bark and root is primarily used in the indian traditional systems of medicine. Subsequently the seeds were sun dried for three days and sieved through ordinary food processor. Bibliography abdulbaki aa, anderson jd 1972 physiological and biochemical deterioration of seeds.
Research article in vitro antiurolithiatic activity of. The seeds were washed extensively in running tap water to removing dirt and other particulate matter. Strychnos potatorum seeds due to their hard structure, could not be powdered in a grinder. Phytochemical studies of strychnos potatorum lfa medicinal plant. Strychnos potatorum also known as clearingnut tree telugu. Evaluation performance of natural strychnos potatorum over. Phytochemical analysis and histology of strychnos potatorum l. The genus is widely distributed around the worlds tropics and is noted for the presence of poisonous indole alkaloids in the roots, stems and leaves of various species. Among these alkaloids are the wellknown and virulent poisons strychnine. The generated data has provided the basis for its wide use as the therapeutant both. Nirmali burmese, sinhala is a deciduous tree which has height up to 40 feet 12 meters. The seeds of the tree are commonly used in traditional. The fully dried bark having less than 10% moisture can be packed in gunny bags and stored in wellventilated rooms. Loganiaceae is a moderate sized tree found in southern and central parts of india, srilanka and burma1.
Loganiaceae are used in the treatment of gonorrhea, leukorrhea leukeorrhea. Antimicrobial and phytochemical screening of boswellia. The paste of the root of strychnos potatorum is applied over the skin area affected with eczema. Combine the acid extracts and make alkaline with dilute. Pdf moringa oleifera and strychnos potatorum seeds as natural. The material retained on the cloth was oven dried for 24 hours.
Kataka consists of dried seed of strychnos potatorum linn. In traditional system of medicine, the seeds of strychnos potatorum linn. Alum and a seed extract different impacts on several chemical and physical characteristics of. Fasse zwei oder mehrere pdfs ganz oder teilweise zu einer pdfdatei zusammen. Pdf zusammenfugen online pdf dateien zusammenfugen. The powder of kataka seeds is given in a dose of 34 g to treat indigestion and diarrhea. Seeds are used traditionally to treat diabetes, asthma, aphrodisiac and to improve appetite. Solanum nigrum solanaceae commonly known as makoi or black nightshade, usually grows as a weed in moist habitats in different kinds of soils, including dry, stony, shallow, or deep soils, and can be cultivated in tropical and subtropical agro climatic regions by sowing the seeds during aprilmay in wellfertilized nursery beds. Bark pale grey or greybrown, smooth, lenticellate, thin, in section green on the periphery and orange or buff towards the centre. Habitat forests of west bengal, central and south india, up to 1,200 m. Strychnos potatorum herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The ability of three plant materials, seeds such as moringa oleifera, strychnos potatorum and phaseolus vulgaris, to act as natural coagulants was tested using synthetic turbid water formulated to resemble the drinking water. Strychnos is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family loganiaceae.
This property was attributed to the presence of anionic polyelectrolytes having cooh and free oh surface groups that are present in the seed protein. Strychnos potatorum is a deciduous tree growing to 12 m 39ft by 12 m 39ft at a slow rate. In our traditional medicinal systems like ayurveda, siddha and unani, the plant parts are used for treating urinary tract and eye infections. The genus includes about 100 accepted species of trees and lianas, and more than 200 that are as yet unresolved. It grows both in the tropic and subtropics of north and southeast parts of africa, indian peninsula, sri lanka and myanmar. The removal efficiency of strychnos potatorum solution was observed on the turbidity. Studies on the metal binding properties of the seeds of. Kernel of moringa oleifera and strychnos potatorum nirmali seeds has. Strychnos potatorum clearing nut pfaf plant database. Introduction human race is constantly being challenged by many dreadful diseases and it is an uphill task to combat them in the present scenario. Pdf phytochemical studies of strychnos potatorum l. Pdf the present paper deals with the phytochemical screening of therapeutic importance from strychnos potatorum l.
The removal of fluoride from aqueous solution by using strychnos potatorum was studied in batch technique. Experimental collection and identification of plant the plant material viz. Pdf moringa oleifera and strychnos potatorum seeds as. Strychnos potatorum nirmali is a moderatesized tree found in southern and central parts of india, sri lanka and burma, used predominantly as a traditional medicinal extract. About europe pmc funders joining europe pmc governance roadmap outreach. Strychnos potatorum linn loganiaceae is a moderate. Media in category strychnos the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Moringa oleifera and strychnos potatorum coagulant. The chemical composition of the coagulant in strychnos potatorum has been identified as a polysaccharide consisting of a 1. Strychnos potatorum seeds were collected from local markets. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigations in. It can grow in full shade deep woodland or semishade light woodland. The decoction of the seeds is given in a dose of 4050 ml to treat renal calculi and difficulty in micturition.
Isomotiol, a new triterpene from strychnos potatorum pdf. It contains information on various plants, including a rather dated treatment of the genus strychnos in asia. Seeds of kataka are used for water purification jala nirmalikarana which is one of the unique concepts of ancient literature. Defluoridization using a natural adsorbent, strychnos. The present study is aimed to evaluate the efficiency of different types of coagulant.
A medicinal plant article pdf available in ejournal of chemistry 44 october 2007 with 407 reads. After a week, the mixture was mashed to a souplike solution and was washed through a nylon. In traditional system of medicine, strychnos potatorum linn seeds were. Strychnos nuxvomica, commonly known as kuchla, contains strychnine and brucine as main constituents. Fluoride, sp strychnos potatorum, fluoride, lowcost natural adsorbent i. Deciduous much branched small or medium sized tree or sometimes shrub, 2418 m. Evaluation of antiarthritic activity of strychnos potatorum linn seeds. Indroduction water is an essential natural resource for sustaining life and environment that we have always thought to be available in abundance and free gift of nature.
Loganiaceae is a moderate sized tree found in southern and central parts of india, sri lanka, and burma in traditional system of medicine, the seeds are used in the treatment of gonorrhea, leukeorrhea, gastropathy, bronchitis, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, renal and vesicle calculi, diabetes, conjunctivitis, scleritis, ulcers, and other eye disease. Turbidity removal by conventional and ballasted coagulation with. An improved and alternative method for the extraction of the active coagulant agent m. International journal of research pharmaceutical and nano. Influence of ph, adsorbent dose, contact time, co ions, speed and initial concentration on the adsorption were investigated. The seeds of strychnos potatorum were fixed in formalin acetic acid. Research article open access evaluation of antiarthritic. Family loganiaceae is one such medicinally important forest tree species which popularly known as nirmali or clearing nut tree.
Histopathology of proximal interphalangeal joints and radiology of hind legs were studied. The extracts were filtered with the whattman filter paper and then dried by using rotary evaporator. Strychnos potatorum are examples of such flocculating substances table 14. Willde remove the dust and other extraneous matter, and then spread on the floor initially for drying in sun and then in shade.
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