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Crude drug name | Market name | Kantakari |
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| Formal name | Kantakari | |
Other names Tips！ | Kateli (T), Kantakari (B), Kateli (H), Nelagulla, Kiragulla (K), Kantakari valutina (M), Chinna mulaga, Nelamulaka (Te), Kandankathri (Ta), Badbedi, Kaccido, Kantakari, Gurmi Kant (N) | |
| English name | Febrifuge Plant, Yellow Berried Nightshade, Prickly Egg Plant | |
| Original plant name | Solanum surattense Burm. f. (= Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl.), Febrifuge Plant, Yellow Berried Nightshade, Prickly Egg Plant | |
| Family name | Solanaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu , Kilagal tole M.G.M. Shakya | |
| Collection date | 1991/04/28 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 14703 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Kantakari (Fruit), Febrifuge Plant, Yellow Berried Nightshade, Prickly Egg Plant | ||||
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| Original plant name | Solanum surattense Burm. f. (= Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl.) | |||||
| Family name | Solanaceae | |||||
| Used part | Fruits, Root, Whole plant | |||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India, in dry situtations as weed on roadside and wastelands. | |||||
| Remarks | Common. | |||||
| Common uses | Dried fruit powder is used in cough, asthma, chronic rhinitis, dropsy, acute bronchitis and fever accompanied with chest affections. The oil extracted is used for external application in the treatment of leucoderma. It is one of the main ingredients of the drug formulations for bronchial asthma specially for dislodging tenaceous phelgm. The plant is credited with diuretic properties and is used to cure dropsy. Its juice is mixed with whey, chiretta, and ginger. The juice of the leaves, mixed with black pepper, is prescribed in rheumatism. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Others - The plant samples collected from Calcutta contained solasodine 0.0287%. - Dried plant gives 10.8%, ash (soluble ash, 7.6%) consisting mainly of potassium nitrate, carbonate and sulphate. - It contains 1.6% total sugars (reducing sugars as glucose, 0.3%). Alcoholic extracts of the plant contain fatty and resinous substances. - Solasonine is present in fruits; the glycoalkaloid content of fruits collected from plants growing in Jammu and Kashmir is reported to be 3.5% (total alkaloids, 1.1%). - The presence of diosgenin in the plant has been reported. - Seeds (20.7% of the fresh weight of the fruit) yield 19.3% of a greenish yellow, semi-drying oil with a characteristic odour. - The oil has the following physical and chemical constants: d27-degree, 0.924; acid val., 70.78; acet. val., 40.4; sap. val., 182.5; Hehner val., 94. 9; iod. val., 124.3; unsapon. matter, 1.2%. - The component fatty acids of the oil are: oleic, 45.4; linoleic, 38.2; palmitic, 5.7; stearic, 10.3; and arachidic, 0.4%. - The unsaponifiable matter contains two sterols, one of which is carpesterol. | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Pharmacological studies on this herb have shown that aqueous and alcoholic extracts of the plant possess hypotensive effect which is partly inhibited by atropine; the more persistent secondary fall in the blood pressure and broncho-constriction are inhibited by the antihistamine drugs. Both glycoalkaloid and fatty acid fractions of the extract cause liberation of histamine from chopped lung-tissue. The beneficial effect of the drug on bronchial asthma may be attributed to the depletion of histamine from bronchial and lung-tissue. Extracts of the whole plant show antiviral activity against Ranikhet disease-virus and also against Sarcoma 180 in the mice. Extracts of shoot and fruit show antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in phosphate buffer, pH 9.0. The ethanolic extract of roots exhibited antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and A. flavus and stem extract against A. niger. | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Related drugs | Solanum torvum Sw. and S. aculeatissimum Jacq. | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 5 (Repr.1997), pp 164-169. 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 pp 310-311. | ||||
| Remarks | The macerated plant in coconut oil is given to cattle at the time of calf delivery. A decoction of roots or crushed fruits with mine salt is given to cattle for stomachache or constipation. Fruits are esteemed for curries. Seeds also are eaten. The herb affords fodder for goats. The commercial drug is found adulterated with roots of other plants and spiny pieces of the aerial parts of the herb. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/21 | |||||
