Curculigo orchioides

Curculigo orchioides
Curculigo orchioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Curculigo
Species: C. orchioides
Binomial name
Curculigo orchioides
Gaertn., 1788

Curculigo orchioides (commonly called golden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort,[1] black musli,[2] Kali musli,[3] or Kali Musali[4]) is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo. It is native to China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Odiya- କୁଆକେନ୍ଦା ,ତାଳମୂଳୀ Bengali-Tallur--Tamil-நிலப்பனை.

In C. orchidoides, curculigoside A, B, C and D[14] and curculigine A and D[15] can be found.

Curculigosides are natural phenols found in C. orchioides that could be useful against β-amyloid aggregation.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Hean Chooi Ong (2004). Tumbuhan liar: khasiat ubatan & kegunaan lain. Utusan Publications. p. 24. ISBN 9676116300.
  2. ↑ Kerala Agricultural University, Aromatic And Medicinal Plants Research Station, Odakkali, list of publications
  3. ↑ Francis, S. V.; Senapati, S. K.; Rout, G. R. (2007). "Rapid clonal propagation of Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., an endangered medicinal plant". In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 43 (2): 140. doi:10.1007/s11627-007-9041-x.
  4. ↑ Saba Irshad, J Singh, S P Jain and S P S Khanuja (2006). "Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Kali Musali): An endangered medicinal plant of commercial value". Natural Product Radiance 5: 369–372.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 272 仙茅 xian mao Curculigo orchioides Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788.
  7. ↑ Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  8. ↑ Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  9. ↑ Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  10. ↑ Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  11. ↑ Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  12. ↑ Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  13. ↑ Guillaumin, A. (1948). Flore Analytique et Synoptique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 1-369. Office de la recherche scientifique coloniale.
  14. ↑ Two new benzylbenzoate glucosides from Curculigo orchioides. Josep Valls, Tristan Richard, Fabienne Larronde, Véronique Leblais, Bernard Muller, Jean-Claude Delaunay, Jean-Pierre Monti, K.G. Ramawat and Jean-Michel Mérillon, Fitoterapia, Volume 77, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 416-419, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2006.05.013
  15. ↑ Antiosteoporotic activity of phenolic compounds from Curculigo orchioides. Lei Jiao, Da-Peng Cao, Lu-Ping Qin, Ting Han, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Zheng Zhu and Fei Yan, Phytomedicine, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 874-881, doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2009.01.005
  16. ↑ New polyphenols active on β-amyloid aggregation. Céline Rivière, Tristan Richard, Xavier Vitrac, Jean-Michel Mérillon, Josep Valls and Jean-Pierre Monti, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 18, Issue 2, 15 January 2008, Pages 828-831, doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.028

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