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Country Mallow
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Latin Name |
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Hindi Name |
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Abutilon indicum
Malvaceae |
Country Mallow |
Atibala |
Kanghi |
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History |
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The leaves,
bark and seeds of the plant seem to have been long in
use among the Hindus; on account of their mucilaginous
and diuretic properties. Reference
to it are also found in Arabic and Persian books.
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Habitat |
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The plant grows as a weed, and is found
abundantly in wastelands from the seashore to 1,200
meters high in India and in the sub-Himalayan tracts. |
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Morphology Description (Habit) |
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It is a herbaceous or
shrubby, softly tomentose plant.
Stem is round, often tinged with purple color. The leaves are
petiolate, ovate to orbicular-cordate,
acuminate and toothed. Flowers are borne solitary in long,
jointed and axillary pedicels. Calyx
lobes divided in the middle, ovate and
apiculate. Corolla is yellow or orange-yellow and opens
in the evening. Carpels are 15-20 in
number. Fruits are hispid, scarcely longer than the calyx and
the awns are erect. Seeds are three to five, kidney-shaped, dark
brown or black, tubercled or with
minutely stellate hairs. The plant
is variable and divided into many subspecies, but these
subspecies are not distinguished for economic or medicinal
purposes1. |
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Principal
Constituents |
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Alantolactone,
isoalantolactone2 and gallic
acid from the roots3 were isolated.
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Pharmacology |
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Helenin
(a mixture of alantolactone and
isoalantolactone, q.v.) shows
antibacterial, antifungal activities4. Gallic acid
showed analgesic activity in animal models5. |
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Toxicology |
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It is not a poisonous plant and there are no
reports of any adverse effects. |
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Indications |
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It is tonic and rejuvenating. It is used as an
expectorant, cholagogue, as an
antiseptic in
urinary tract infections and as a drug stimulating
intestinal secretion. An infusion of the root is prescribed in
fevers as a cooling medicine, and is considered useful in
strangury and
hematuria.
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Product Range |
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References |
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1.
Bot.
Surv. India, 1970, 12, 276.
2.
Phytochemistry,
1989, Vol. 28, pp. 3225.
3.
Indian Drugs, 1989, Vol. 26, pp.
333.
4.
Harborne
et. al., 1999,
Phytochemical Dictionary, Taylor and
Francis Ltd., London.
5.
Indian Drugs, 1989, Vol. 26, pp.
333.
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