Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Katunerenchi |
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| Formal name | Goksura | |
Other names Tips！ | Gokharu chhoti (T), Gokshura (B), Gokharu (H), Negalu gida (K), Nerinjil (M), Palleru mullu (Te), Nerunji mul (Ta), Gzema (Ti), Gokatu, Nerenchi (Sin), Gokhur (N) | |
| English name | Small Caltrop | |
| Original plant name | Tribulus terrestris Linn., Small Caltrop | |
| Family name | Zygophyllaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | whole plant |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura , Anuradhapura Aushadhalaya | |
| Collection date | 1980/01/25 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6301 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Goksura (Whole plant), Small Caltrop | |||
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| Original plant name | Tribulus terrestris Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Zygophyllaceae | ||||
| Used part | Whole plant, (Fruits) | ||||
| Distribution area | Occurs in Ceylon, India and other tropical countries. It is very common in sandy ground especially in the dry low country in Ceylon, Trincomalee, Jaffna, Batticaloa, etc. Throughout India upto 3500m Kashmir. | ||||
| Common uses | Roots and fruits are digestive, expectorant, antiinflammatory, cardio tonic, laxative, lithontropic and styptic. They are useful in strangury, dysuria, anorexia, dyspepsia, helminthiasis, scabies, ophthalmia and general weakness. Leaves are astringent, diuretic, aphrodisiac, anthelmintic and tonic and are useful in inflammation, leprosy, skin diseases, verminosis and general weakness. A paste prepared from the leaves is given for the treatment of stones in the bladder. Seeds are astringent, strengthening and are useful in epistaxis and haemorrhages/hemorrhage. Ash of the whole plant is good for external application in rheumatism. Water rendered mucilaginous by this plant is drunk as a remedy for impotency. A decoction or infusion of the stem is given for gonorrhoea/gonorrhea. | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | The plant is known to cause photosensitivity in small stock and has been found to be responsible for the disease 'Geeldi Kop' among sheep in South Africa. The plant may contain a substances which causes damage to liver in animals, followed by photosensitivity from phylloerythrine, a derivative of chlorophyll. But it has not been reported from India or elsewhere. The diuretic activity of the fruit has been a subject of detailed study in both human beings and animals. In dogs, the fruits showed activity comparable to that of urea, but in rats, the activity was less. The diuretic activity of the seeds as well as the aqueous extract of the ashes, obtained by burning the seeds has been studied in albino rats in isotonic solution, their action was found to be comparable to that of potassium chloride. The alcoholic extract of the fruits shows antiurolithic activity at a daily oral dose of 100mg/kg administered for 2-4 weeks, it significantly reduced the weight of the stone by 60-80% against artificially induced urolithiasis in albino rats. The chloroform, butanol and aqueous fractions of the alcoholic extracts exhibited more marked activity and almost completely inhibited the stone formation. The extracts also normalised other biochemical parameters in the urine and serum and the histopathology of the kidney and urinary bladder altered during the process of stone formation. In addition, the extract also shows a significant diuretic activity. An aqueous extract of the fruits on oral administration at a dose of 5g/kg b/w has been reported to reverse the urinary oxalate excretion to normal in male adult rats with induced hyperoxaluria within 21 days of administration and remained so until 15 days after withdrawal of extract and sodium glycolate. The plant also exhibits hepatoprotective activity. | ||||
| 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 311. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 155. 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. 5, p 223. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/20 | ||||
