Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Senkottan |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Bhallataka | |
Other names Tips！ | Bhilaavaa (T), Bhelaa (B), Bhilaavaa (H), Geru (K), Tenparakaa, Cheru (M), Jiddivittulu (Te), Sherankottai (Ta), Besingbraasbu (Ti), Bhalai (N) | |
| English name | Marking Nut, Oriental Cashew | |
| Original plant name | Semecarpus anacardium Linn., Marking Nut, Oriental Cashew | |
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Production area information | India | |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo , W. Wilbert & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1980/01/20 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6103 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Bhallataka (Seeds), Marking Nut Tree | |||
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| Original plant name | Semecarpus anacardium Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | ||||
| Used part | Seeds, Fruits, Bark | ||||
| Distribution area | Occurs in the tropical Himalayan tract in India, Khasra hills, Chittagong, central India extending down to Madras state. It is cultivated in Ceylon. | ||||
| Common uses | Seeds are used in the treatment for piles, boils in the rectum, urinary diseases, nervous debility, skin diseases, several debility and diseases of liver and spleen after the toxicity has been removed by boiling in water. | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | The juice of the pericarp has antibacterial properties. Some of the sulphonates and arsenic derivatives show marked bactericidal activity against Bacillus pyogenes, B. coli, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus pneumaticus in concentrations of 1 in 5,000-15,000. Biological tests have shown that extracts of the fruits are effective against human epidermoid carcinoma of the Nassau-pharynx in tissue culture. Experimental studies on the anti cancer activity of the nut juice show that oral administration to cancer patients, particularly Oral administration of the nutjuice to cancer patients, particularly those suffering from oesophageal and mouth cancer is beneficial in providing clinical improvement, symptomatic relief and extension of survival time without any toxic effect. Extracts of the fruit show hypoglycemic activity when administered orally to experimental animals. They also affect blood pressure. A chloroform extract of the nut significantly reduced acute Carrageenin induced paw edema in rats and is active against the secondary lesions of adjuvant induced arthritis. Delayed hypersensitivity induced in mice by sheep red blood cells as antigen is potentiated by the extract. | ||||
| 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. 5 (Repr.1997), p 98. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 85. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 1, p 77. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/16 | ||||
