Canna indica L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Flower, tuber and leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Edible tubers are taken as a stimulant and an emmenagogue
- Flowers are said to be narcotic
- Crushed leaves are vulnerary
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Lycopene and anthocyanin pigments from flowers; steroid: cannagenin from roots; terpenes: γ-eudesmol, δ-cadinol, γ-selinene from rhizome essential oil and betulinic and oleonolic acid, traraxer-14-en-3-one from plant
Bioactivity :
Methanol extract of leaf: antinociceptive; methanol extract of rhizomes: anthelmintic; methanol extract of flowers: antioxidative; ethanol extract of rhizome and isolated proteins: HIV type 1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity; rhizome essential oil: antibacterial
Clinical:
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