Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T. G. Hartley
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Leaf and flower
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Herbal tea prepared with dried flowers is given as a tonic
- Leaf juice is given with bee honey to children with fever
- Acts as an emmenagogue
- Applied to improve complexion
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Chromene type compounds: evodione and leptonol from leaf oil and leaf extracts; phenylethanones, quinoline alkaloids: bergapten, buchapine, roxiamines A–C and terpene: lupeol from root bark; geranylated coumaric acid from leaves
Bioactivity :
Leptonol and evodione: antipyretic, analgaesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative; plant extract: anti-quorum sensing
Clinical:
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