Zanthoxylum nitidum
| Zanthoxylum nitidum | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. nitidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC.[1][2] | |
Zanthoxylum nitidum is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family. Common names include shiny-leaf prickly-ash.[3] In Assamese it is known as tez-mui[1] and tejamool.[4] It is also called liang mian zhen.[5]
This plant can be found in southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is one of thirteen Zanthoxylum species found in India.[1]
The plant is a "morphologically variable" prickly shrub.[1] It is aromatic. It is sometimes a climbing plant. The leaves are made up of several leathery oval leaflets which are up to 12 by 8 centimeters in size. Flowers, which occur in the leaf axils, have yellow-green petals a few millimeters long. The fruit is a red-brown follicle.[5]
A great many species of Zanthoxylum are used as medicine in various parts of the world.[6] This species is used medicinally in India for many purposes, including the treatment of toothache, fever, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. It is also used as an insecticide and a piscicide.[1] In China it is also used medicinally for pain management and other purposes.[7] It may protect the stomach from peptic ulcers.[4] Extracts from some parts of the plant have antibacterial action.[8] The plant contains the anticancer compound nitidine.[9]
In India and Nepal, the fruits are used as a condiment.[10] It has been added to toothpaste to enhance its efficacy.[11]
This species contains many essential oils, including, at least in some varieties, limonene and geraniol.[10] It also contains the alkaloid nitidine.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bhattacharya, S., Zaman, M. Kamaruz, and Ghosh, Ashoke K. (2009). Histological and physico-chemical evaluation of Zanthoxylum nitidum stem bark. Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13 540-47.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Sanjib and M. Kamaruz Zaman. (2009). Pharmacognostical evaluation of Zanthoxylum nitidum bark. International Journal of PharmTech Research 1:2 292-98.
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bhattacharya, Sanjib and K. Zaman. (2012). Protective effect of Zanthoxylum nitidum bark in chemical and stress induced gastric mucosal lesions in male albino rats. International Journal of Pharmacology. 8(5) 450-54.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Flora of China
- ↑ Patiño, L. O. J., Prieto, R. J. A., and S. L. E. Cuca. (2012). Zanthoxylum genus as potential source of bioactive compounds. In: Bioactive Compounds in Phytomedicine I. Rasooli, Ed.
- ↑ Zou, Yun. (2011). Fast analysis of Zanthoxylum nitidum using Agilent Poroshell 120 EC-18 columns. Agilent Technologies.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Sanjib, M. K. Zaman, and P. K. Haldar. (2009). Antibacterial activity of stem bark and root of Indian Zanthoxylum nitidum. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 2:1 30-34.
- ↑ Jing, C., Qun, X., and J. Rohrer. (2012). Determination of nitidine chloride, toddalolactone, and chelerythine chloride by HPLC. Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bhattacharya, Sanjib and Kamaruz Zaman. (2009). Essential oil composition of fruits and leaves of Zanthoxylum nitidum grown in upper Assam region of India. Pharmacognosy Research 1:3 148-51.
- ↑ Negi, J. S., et al. (2011). Chemical constituents and biological activities of the genus Zanthoxylum: A review. African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 5:12 412-16.
- ↑ Zhang, S; Yao, Y; Liu, C (2001). "Determination of nitidine in different parts of Zanthoxylum nitidum". Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials (in Chinese) 24 (9): 649–50. PMID 11799776.