Aerva lanata (L.) Juss.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Whole plant and root
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Decoction is taken for lithiasis and as a diuretic
- Herbal tea is taken for cough, a vermifuge and used as a blood purifier
- Roots ground with lime juice are used to treat headaches
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Alkaloids: aervine, methylaervine, aervoside, aervolanine, flavonoids: kaempferol, quercetin, isorhamnetin, persinol, persinosides A and B, terpenes: lupeol, methylgrevillate and benzoic acid from plant
Bioactivity :
Petroleum ether extract of whole plant: tumour suppressor; alcohol extract of shoots: antidiabetic; aqueous suspension of aerial parts: curative agent for urolithiasis; ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of whole plant: antimicrobial, cytotoxic
Clinical:
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