Ecbolium viride
Ecbolium viride | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Ecbolium |
Species: | E. viride |
Binomial name | |
Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston | |
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Ecbolium viride is a species of Ecbolium of the family Acanthaceae. It can be found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant.[1][2]
Chemical present
Leaves, roots and flowers contain orientin, vitexin, isoorientin, isovitexin.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 "ECBOLIUM VIRIDE (Forsk.) Alst.". mpbd.info.
- ↑ "Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston roots against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Albino Wistar rats". Journal of Pharmacy Research. 7: 496–501. doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2013.06.001.
- ↑ Lalitha KG and Sethuraman MG. "Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill.". J Ethnopharmacol. 128: 248–50. PMID 20045456. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.12.030.
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