Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Flower
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Flower buds are bruised and applied on swellings
- Salad prepared from flower petals is taken for cough and ulceration of the stomach
- Used to treat convalescing patients, wounds, diseases of the urinary tract, food poisoning and snake bites
- Acts as a nutrient, emollient and a demulcent
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Flavonoid: quercetin, hydrocarbons: hentriacontane, gentisic acid, fatty acids: margaric, lauric, malvalic acids and carotene, niacin, riboflavin from plant; anthocyanidins from flowers
Bioactivity :
Methanol extract of leaves and flowers: anti-inflammatory, analgaesic, antibacterial; methanol extract of plant: antioxidative, antiproliferative, neuroprotective; petroleum ether extract of leaf: promotes hair growth; benzene extract of flowers: anti-implantation and abortifacient; anthocyanidins from flowers: antidepressent; dried flower powder: cardioprotective; ethanol extract of flower: wound healing, hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic
Clinical:
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