Paederia foetida L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Whole plant and leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Leaves with garlic is prepared as a vegetable for rheumatic fever
- Paste prepared by grinding whole plant is applied on painful swellings
- Act as a diuretic for inflammation of the urethra
- Used to treat flatulence, rheumatism, vesicle calculi and retention of urine
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Iridiod glycosides: paederolone, paederone, paederine and paederenine from plant
Bioactivity :
Methanol extract of leaves: anti-inflammatory; alcoholic extract of plant: antioxidative, antidiarrhoeal, antinociceptive
Clinical:
References : Afroz, S. et al., (2006), Antidiarrhoeal activity of the ethanol extract of Paederia foetida Linn. (Rubiaceae), Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 105, 125–130. De, S. et al., (1994), Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of Paederia foetida, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 43, 31-38. Hossain, M. M. et al., (2006), Antinociceptive Activity of Whole Plant Extracts of Paederia foetida, Dhaka University Journal of Pharmacology, 5(1-2), 67-69. Osman, H. et al., (2009), Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Paederia foetida and Syzygium aqueum, Molecules, 14, 970-978.
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