Chloroxylon swietenia DC.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Gum, leaf, root and stem
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Leaves ground with mustard oil is applied on rheumatic joints
- Crushed young leaves are applied on wounds
- Gum is used to treat diabetes
- Leaves and roots are used to relieve headache
- Stem is used as an astringent in contusions, fever, chest pain and jaundice
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Terpenes: limonene, pregeijerene, geijerene and germacrene D from essential oil of leaves and stems; glucuronic acid and its derivatives, galactose, arabinose and proteinaceous material from gum
Bioactivity :
Essential oil of leaves and stems: antimicrobial, mosquito and larvicidal against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi; ethanol extract of whole plant: hepatoprotective
Clinical:
Note :
Wood is valuable as timber
References : Anderson, D. M. W. et al., (1985), The gum exudates from Chloroxylon swietenia, Sclerocarya caffra, Azadirachta indica and Moringa oleifera, Phytochemistry, 25(1), 247-249. Kiran, S. R. et al., (2006), Composition and larvicidal activity of leaves and stem essential oils of Chloroxylon swietenia DC against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi, Bioresource Technology, 97(8), 2481-2484. Kiran, S. R. et al., (2008), Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of leaf and stem essential oils of Chloroxylon swietenia DC., World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 24, 1909-1914. Kiran, S. R. and Devi, P. S., (2007), Evaluation of mosquitocidal activity of essential oil and sesquiterpenes from leaves of Chloroxylon swietenia DC, Parasitol Res, 101(2), 413-8. Palani, S. et al., (2010), Hepatoprotective and antioxidant potential of Chloroxylon swietenia (Rutaceae) On Acetaminophen Induced toxicity in Male Albino Rats, International Journal of PharmTech Research, 2(1), 162-170.
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