Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Javatri |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Jatipatri | |
Other names Tips！ | Japattari, Javitri (T), Jotri, Japatri, Jayaoatri (B), Javatari, Japatri, Jotri, Jayaoatri (H), Japatri, Jadipattiri (K), Jatipatri, Jadipattiri (M), Jatipatri, Jadipattiri (Te), Jatipatri, Japatri, Jadipattiri (Ta), Wasawasi, Sadikka (Sin) | |
| English name | Mace | |
| Original plant name | Myristica fragrans Houtt., Mace | |
| Family name | Myristicaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | aril |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12455 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Jatipatri (Aril), Mace | ||||
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| Synonyms | Jatikosa, Malatipatrika, Sumana, Patrika, Saumanasayini | |||||
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| Original plant name | Myristica fragrans Houtt. | |||||
| Family name | Myristicaceae | |||||
| Used part | Fruit (Aril, Kernel, Seed) | |||||
| Distribution area | Native of Moluccas. Cultivated in south India, especially in Tamilnadu and to some extent in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. | |||||
| Common uses | Nutmeg and mace are used for similar purposes in medicine. It is more commonly used as ingredient of drug formulations prescribed for bronchial diseases, tuberculosis, intermittent fever and as aphrodisiac and is useful in heart diseases. Nutmeg and mace constitute the herbal drug 'Prajna' possessing neurological activity. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Kasa (cough), Vami (vomiting), Svasa (respiratory disorders), Trsna (thirst), Krmi (worms), Visa (poison), Muthraghata (urinary disorders), Raktapitta (bleeding disorders), Kustha (skin diseases), Pandu (anaemic/anemic conditions) | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | The drug Prajna reduces spontaneous locomotor activity in a dose dependant manner without affecting forced locomotor activity. It potentiated phenobarbitone sleeping time. In all, it exerted only a moderate degree of CNS depression. Mace is found to be neurotoxic whereas nutmeg has an LD50 of 1320mg/kg. i.p. Mace is reported as a chemo-preventor of chemically induced carcinogenesis. It activates the hepatic detoxification system. Bio-activity directed extraction and fractionation have established that the anti-inflammatory activity is due to the major principle myristicin. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Madhura (Sweet), Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Tiksna (Sharp) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Rucikrt (appetising), Varnakrt (improving complexion) | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha | |||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Suklavardhana (increasing reproductive tissue) | |||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Netra (eye) | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 4 (Repr.1997), pp 94-95. 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 pp 172-173. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 244. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1151. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/22 | |||||
