Sida acuta Burm. f.: a medicinal plant with numerous potencies

Abstract

Sida acuta is shrub belonging to Malvaceae family. The plant is widely distributed in the subtropical regions where it is found in bushes, in farms and around habitations. Surveys conducted in indigenous places revealed that the plant had many traditional usages that varied from one region to another. The most cited illnesses are fever, headache and infections diseases. Indeed, many laboratory screening have been conducted to show the scientific rationale behind these usages and many compounds have been isolated from the plant. In the present review we listed the plant usages in folk medicine in some regions where the plant grows and we discussed on the confirmed in vitro activities after laboratory screenings. The review ended with the pharmacological properties of several compounds isolated from S. acuta principally alkaloids.

Prospective Plants with Corroborated Antimalarial Actions: A Review

“…f. familiar as as Kurumthotti, is a weedy perennial shrubbery plant having a smooth bark (Sreedevi et al, 2009). The shrub is native to Central America and Mexico, although it has since spread throughout the tropics and subtropics (Karou et al, 2007). Ethanol fraction of S. acuta was found to have a significant action against P. falciparum at the IC 50 value 4.37µg/ml during a study of in vitro antimalarial test (Karou et al, 2003).…”