Boerhavia diffusa

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Boerhavia diffusa
Boerhavia diffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Boerhavia
Species: B. diffusa
Binomial name
Boerhavia diffusa
L. nom. cons.[1]
A small bird with tiny sticky friut stuck below the eye
(click for close-up view) A juvenile sooty tern has acquired some of the sticky fruit of B. diffusa after walking through them.

Boerhavia diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body),[citation needed] red spiderling,[1] spreading hogweed,[1] or tarvine.[1] It is taken in herbal medicine for pain relief and other uses. The leaves of B. diffusa are often used as a green vegetable in many parts of India.


Description

Boerhavia diffusa is widely dispersed, occurring throughout India, the Pacific, and southern United States. This wide range is explained by its small fruit, which are very sticky and grow a few inches off the ground, ideally placed to latch on to small migratory birds as they walk by.[2]

Distribution

A true and accurate accounting of the native range of Boerhavia diffusa has not been determined. However, it is very widespread, and has become naturalized in many places. It is believed[1] to be a native plant to the following places:

  • Africa —

Botswana; Egypt; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa (Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape provinces); Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

  • Asia —

Burma; Cambodia; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces) India; Indonesia; Japan (Ryukyu Islands); Laos; Malaysia; Nepal; the Philippines; southern Taiwan; Thailand; and Vietnam. Also, on the Arabian Peninsula: Oman; Saudi Arabia; and the United Arab Emirates; and Yemen (Socotra).

  • North America —

Mexico; and the U.S. (in the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina).

  • South America —

Argentina; Belize; Bolivia; Chile; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Uruguay; and Venezuela. Also, in the Caribbean: Anguilla; the Bahamas; the Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; Haiti; Jamaica; Montserrat; the Netherlands Antilles (Saba); Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and both the British and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • South Pacific —

Fiji; and New Caledonia.

Economic importance

Boerhavia diffusa can be used as a fodder for livestock, but has the potential for contaminating seed stocks, and may harbor pathogens for certain crops, such as eggplants.[1]

Medical uses

Boerhavia diffusa is believed to improve and protect eyesight.[citation needed] B. diffusa has diuretic properties[3] and is used by diabetics to lower blood sugar.[4]

Boerhavia diffusa has shown antibacterial activity, mainly against Gram-negative bacteria.[5] Extracts of B. diffusa leaves have shown antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties in pharmacological models.[6] Punarnavine[7] (an alkaloid isolated from B. diffusa) has shown some in vitro anticancer,[8] antiestrogenic,[9] immunomodulatory,[10] and antiamoebic activity (particularly against Entamoeba histolytica).[11]

Boerhavia diffusa is a source of antioxidants, and may be effective against arsenic trioxide (an effective drug used against acute promyelocytic leukemia) induced cardio toxicity.[12][13]

B diffusa also possess cardioprotective properties [12][14]

Chemistry

Boeravinones G and H are two rotenoids isolated from B. diffusa.[15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Boerhavia diffusa was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 1:3. 1753. GRIN (December 21, 2010). "Boerhavia diffusa information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved March 14, 2013. "nom. cons. … exact native range obscure" 
  2. ↑ Sherwin Carlquist (2008). "Dispersal to Islands". Plant Discorveries : Sherwin Carlquist. Retrieved March 13, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Jarald E., Nalwaya N., Sheeja E., Ahmad S., Jamalludin S. (2010). "Comparative study on diuretic activity of few medicinal plants in individual form and in combination form". Indian Drugs 47 (3): 20–24. 
  4. ↑ Chude, MA; Orisakwe, OE; Afonne, OJ; Gamaniel, KS; Vongtau, OH; Obi, E (2001). "Hypoglycaemic effect of the aqueous extract of Boerhavia diffusa leaves". Indian Journal of Pharmacology 33 (3): 215–216. 
  5. ↑ Wagh S., Vidhale N.N. (2010). "Antimicrobial efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa against some human pathogenic bacteria and fungi". Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 7 (1): 267–272. 
  6. ↑ Olaleye M.T., Akinmoladun A.C., Ogunboye A.A., Akindahunsi A.A. (2010). "Antioxidant activity and hepatoprotective property of leaf extracts of Boerhaavia diffusa L. against acetaminophen-induced liver damage in rats". Food and Chemical Toxicology 48 (8–9): 2200–2205. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2010.05.047. 
  7. ↑ "Punarnavine". Comparative Toxicogenomics Database. Salisbury Cove, Maine: Mount Desert Island Biological Lab. March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Manu K.A., Kuttan G. (2009). "Punarnavine induces apoptosis in B16F-10 melanoma cells by inhibiting NF-kappaB signaling". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 10 (6): 1031–1037. PMID 20192578. 
  9. ↑ Sreeja S., Sreeja S. (2009). "An in vitro study on antiproliferative and antiestrogenic effects of Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 126 (2): 221–225. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.041. PMID 19723573. 
  10. ↑ Manu K.A., Kuttan G. (2009). "Immunomodulatory activities of Punarnavine, an alkaloid from Boerhaavia diffusa". Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 31 (3): 377–387. doi:10.1080/08923970802702036. PMID 19555203. 
  11. ↑ Sohni YR., Kaimal P., Bhatt RM. (1995 (Jan)). "The antiamoebic effect of a crude drug formulation of herbal extracts against Entamoeba histolytica in vitro and in vivo". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 45 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(94)01194-5. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 A. Prathapan, M.K Singh, S.S Anusree, D.R Sobankumar, A. Sundaresan & K.G Raghu (2011). "Antiperoxidative, free radical scavenging and metal chelating activities of Boerhaavia diffusa L". Journal of Food Biochemistry 35 (5): 1548–1554. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4514.2010.00477.x. 
  13. ↑ V.P Vineetha, A. Prathapan, R.S Soumya &K.G Raghu (2012). "Arsenic Trioxide Toxicity in H9c2 Myoblasts-Damage to Cell Organelles and Possible Amelioration with Boerhavia diffusa". Cardiovascular Toxicology 13 (2): 123–37. doi:10.1007/s12012-012-9191-x. PMID 23161055. 
  14. ↑ Prathapan, A; Vineetha, VP; Abhilash, PA; Raghu, KG (2013). "Boerhaavia diffusa L. Attenuates angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy in H9c2 cardiac myoblast cells via modulating oxidative stress and down-regulating NF-κβ and transforming growth factor β1". The British journal of nutrition 110 (7): 1201–10. doi:10.1017/S0007114513000561. PMID 23591029. 
  15. ↑ Ahmed-Belkacem, A; MacAlou, S; Borrelli, F; Capasso, R; Fattorusso, E; Taglialatela-Scafati, O; Di Pietro, A (2007). "Nonprenylated rotenoids, a new class of potent breast cancer resistance protein inhibitors". Journal of medicinal chemistry 50 (8): 1933–8. doi:10.1021/jm061450q. PMID 17341062. 

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