Phytochemical Investigation of the Flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa

Chauhan, J. S.; Srivastava, Shruti; Srivastava, S D

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“…Desai et al (1971) first demonstrated the presence of the common plant constituents octacosanol and ␤-sitosterol in the stems. These were subsequently reported from the flowers also (Chauhan et al, 1979a), with ␤-sitosterol encountered even in the leaves (Dan and Dan, 1984). The other non-phenolic constituents reported include the steroid sapogenin hecogenin (1, Fig.…”

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“…Besides the flavonoids or tannins, the phenolic constituents so far known to occur in the plant include gallic acid in leaves and stems (Kalidhar et al, 1981;Kadota et al, 1990), ellagic acid (4) in leaves and flowers (Nair et al, 1976), bergenin (a Cglycoside of gallic acid, 5a) and the new constituent norbergenin (5b) in stems (Kalidhar et al, 1981), chrysophanol-8-O-␤-dglucopyranoside (6) in flowers (Chauhan et al, 1979a), and the naphthaquinone pigment lawsone (7) in leaves (Saoji et al, 1972).…”

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Woodfordia fruticosa: Traditional uses and recent findings

Das

Goswami

Chinniah

et al. 2007

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Woodfordia fruticosa: Traditional uses and recent findings

Das

Goswami

Chinniah

et al. 2007

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…(Das et al 2007). Octacosanol and β-sitosterol are present in stems, (Desai et al 1971) flowers (Chauhan et al 1979) and leaves (Dan and Dan 1984). It is also known for its several biological activities which include immunemodulatory activities (Kroes et al 1993) and it is also known for extensive use in the treatment of leucorrhea, otorrhoea and menorrhagia in females (Oudhia 2003).…”

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“…It is also known for its several biological activities which include immunemodulatory activities (Kroes et al 1993) and it is also known for extensive use in the treatment of leucorrhea, otorrhoea and menorrhagia in females (Oudhia 2003). In Indian subcontinent, the bark, leaves and flowers are commercially used as ayurvedic medicines (Chadha 1976). The flowers are used in the fine tanning of soft leather (Ranganayaki and Ranganathan 1966;Saoji et al 1972), while the red dye produced from the flowers is used for fabric dyes or as an adjuvant/mordant (Dastur 1951;Watt 1972).…”

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Evaluation of radical scavenging potential and total phenol content in Woodfordia fruticosa from different altitudes

Chaturvedi

Ghatak

Desai

2011

J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol.

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Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz is a member of family Lythraceae, commonly used in the treatment of diseases like leucorrhoea, dysentery, leprosy and menorrhagia. The plant material such as leaves, bark and flowers were collected from three different (200, 402 and 600 m) altitudes of Khandala (M.S. India) and the extracts were prepared in solvents like methanol, ethanol and distilled water. The radical scavenging potential and total phenolic content of the extracts were evaluated. The methanol extract of bark collected from the location one (200 m) showed high radical scavenging activity (96.52±0.02) than distilled water and ethanol extracts (57.80±0.2 and 86.52±0.03). The bark of the plant showed highest (663±37.85) total phenolic content that of flowers and leaves. The methanol extracts of leaves, bark and flowers showed high tannic acid content, while TBARS assay of ethanol extract of flowers showed maximum protection (27.65). It was observed that there is no significant difference in percent scavenging activity in different plant parts collected from three different altitudes but showed difference in the solvent system used. The results obtained are in support of extensive use of Woodfordia fruticosa in traditional medicine and endorses the use of bark, while it needs further investigations on the plants growing in different geographic areas. KeywordsAntioxidant activity . DPPH free radical scavenging activity . Reverse Phase-High performance liquid chromatography . Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances . Total phenolic content . Woodfordia fruticosa Abbreviations RP-HPLC Reverse Phase -High performance liquid chromatography TBARS Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances TPC Total phenolic content DPPH 2 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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“…[13][14] Phytochemical studies of Woodfordia fruticosa can be ascribed for its important bioactive phytoconstituents such as flavonoids, sterols, anthraquinones, saponins and tannins. [15][16][17] Earlier studies indicates, that Woodfordia fruticosa possess important pharmacological activities including antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, 18 immunomodulatory, 19 etc. None of herbal origin drug posses combine effect as anti-asthmatic, and anti-tussive activity.…”

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Phytopharmacological evaluation of aerial parts of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz in Cough Variant Asthma

Srivastava¹,

Siddharth²,

Hemant³

et al. 2015

Phcog J

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Background: Cough variant asthma (CVA) is characterized by prolonged non productive cough which responds to bronchodilator therapy. None of herbal drug is reported to possess pharmacological activity against CVA. Objective: To investigate the pharmacological potential of ethanolic extract of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz (EEWF) against CVA as well as to develop an efficient screening model for CVA. Material and Method: Anti-tussive effect of EEWF was evaluated against nebulized aqueous solution of 0.1 g/ml of citric acid to determine the cough response. EEWF potential was finally accessed against aerosolic mixture of 0.3 g/ml of citric acid mixed with 0.1% histamine and 2% acetylcholine chloride to evaluate the convulsive latency, percentage protection and cough frequency against CVA. Results: EEWF at aerosolic dose of 6% w/v exhibit decrease in of the average coughs frequency (4.83 ± 0.30) which is quite significant effect as compared to standard drug codeine. EEWF against aerosol induced CVA was found to exhibit a significant bronchoprotection of 41.75% and decreases number of coughs SUMMARY• The present study investigated a potential curative effect of ethanolic extract of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz in Aerosol induced Cough Variant Asthma.• As none of any model exists to assess the activity of the drug for CVA, so our study also aimed to develop an effective pharmacological screening model for CVA.• The extract not only protects the animals from bron¬choconstriction and bronchospasm but also suppress the cough frequency, which almost covers the basic etiological relevance for CVA, which pharmacologically corroborates its effective treatment against CVA.

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Phytochemical Investigation of the Flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa

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Woodfordia fruticosa: Traditional uses and recent findings

Woodfordia fruticosa: Traditional uses and recent findings

Evaluation of radical scavenging potential and total phenol content in Woodfordia fruticosa from different altitudes

Phytopharmacological evaluation of aerial parts of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz in Cough Variant Asthma

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