Passiflora edulis Sims
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Salad prepared from young leaves is given for high blood pressure in elderly patients
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Triterpene glycoside: passiflorine and other flavonoids, triterpenes, glycosides from leaves; cyanogenic glycosides: prunasin and sambunigrin from fruits, leaf and stem; sulfur containing compounds: 3-methylthio-hexanol, 2-methyl-4- propyl-1, 3-oxathiane from flavour concentrate of yellow passion fruit; cycloartane triterpenoid saponins: cyclopassifloside II, VI, IX, XI, XII and XIII, cyclopassifolic acids B and E from stem
Bioactivity :
Aqueous and aqueous ethanol extract of leaves: anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic; rind extract and fruit pulp: antihypertensive; aqueous extract of plant: central nervous system depressant, shows hepatobiliary and pancreatic toxicity
Clinical:
Note :
Ripe fruits are edible
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