Gloriosa superba L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Tuber
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Very low dosages of the fresh tuber is taken as an antidote for snake bites
- Tubers ground with lime juice is topically applied on chronic skin diseases
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Alkaloids: cornigerine, bechuanine, colchicamide, colchifoline derivatives, colchicoside, isoperlolyrine from plant and colchicines and gloriosine from corms and seeds
Bioactivity :
Hydroalcohol extract of the plant: analgaesic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing; alcohol extracts of rhizomes: antimicrobial, lipoxygenase, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzyme inhibitors
Clinical:
Caution : Consumption of the tubers is poisonous and symptoms include sweating, hypotension, jaundice, bradycardia and convulsions
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