Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Phool tesu |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Palasa | |
Other names Tips！ | Palas, Tesu (H), Plasu (M), Moduga (Te), Chamata, Palas (Ta), Bulyatra (N) | |
| English name | Flame of the Forest; Bastard Teak | |
| Original plant name | Butea monosperma Kuntze, Flame of the Forest; Bastard Teak | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flower |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12255 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Palasa (Flowers), Flame of the Forest | |||
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| Original plant name | Butea monosperma Kuntze | ||||
| Family name | Leguminosae | ||||
| Used part | Flowers, Gum, Bark, Leaves, Seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | Common throughout the greater part of India except in very arid parts. | ||||
| Remarks | Common | ||||
| Common uses | Flowers have anthelmintic, astringent, diuretic, depurative, aphrodisiac and tonic properties. They are used as emmenagogue and as a poultice in orchitis and to reduce swellings, for bruises and sprains. They are also effective in leprosy, leucorrhoea/leucorrhea and gout. A decoction of the flowers is given in diarrhoea/diarrhea and to purpeureal women. Flowers are used against antifertility. Poultice of flowers is applied to cure swollen and hanging testicles of children. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Steroid saponins & Sapogenins Stigmasterol-3-beta-D-glucopyranoside (*C1) Flavones & Flavonols 3',4',7-Trihydroxyflavone (*C1) Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols 7,3',4'-Trihydroxyflavanone (Butin, *C2), Butrin (*C1, *C2), Coreopsin (*C2), Isocoreopsin (*C2), Isomonopermoside (*C2) Chalcones, Dihydrochalcones & Aurones Butein (*C1, *C2), Isobutrin (*C2), Butin-3-beta-D-glucoside (Monospermoside, *C2), Phenol derivatives Palasitrin (*C2), Sulphurein (*C2) | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Alcoholic extract of the flowers exhibit significant antioestrogenic activity in mice. Aqueous extract of the flower showed hepato-protective activity against CC14 induced liver injury in albino rats. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), p 14. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 42. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 340. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay p 222. | |||
| Research paper | *C1 Mishra, M., Shukla, Y. N. and Kumar, S.; J. Med. Arom. Plant Sci., 24, 19-22 (2002). *C2 Gupta, S. R., Ravindranath, B. and Seshadri, T. R,; Phytochemistry, 9, 2231-35 (1970). | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/15 | ||||
