Pharmacological properties of Boerhaavia diffusa - A review

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-110

  Murti, Krishna ^a   Panchal, Mayank A ^a   Lambole, Vijay ^a  

^a Vidyabharti Trust College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Boerhaavia diffusa; Pharmacognosy; Pharmacological profile; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; GLIBENCLAMIDE; METHANOL; MORPHINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; AYURVEDA; BARK; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DYSPEPSIA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAUNDICE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; STRESS;

EID: 79952029876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (33)

1. Dhar ML, Dhar MM, Dhawan BN, Mehrotra BN, and Ray C. Screening of Indian plants for biological activity. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 1968; 6(1): 232-247.
2. Bajpay A. Ecological Studies of Boerhaavia verticillata Poir with Special Reference to Phytochemical and Therapeutic Importance. Ph.D. Thesis, 1993; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
3. Heywood VH. Flowering Plants of the World. Oxford University Press, London, UK. 1978; 22: 69-70.
4. Chopra RN, Ghosh S, Dey P, and Ghosh BN. Pharmacology and therapeutics of Boerhaavia diffusa (Punarnava). Indian Medical Gazette 1923; 68: 203-208.
5. Chopra RN, Nayar, SL, and Chopra I.C. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. 1956; 34: 39.
6. Bhansali RR, Kumar A, and Arya HC. In vitro induction of adventitious shoots on stem explants of Boerhaavia diffusa L. Current Science.1978; 47: 551-552.
7. Shrivastava N. and Padhya MA. "Punarnavine" profile in the regenerated roots of Boerhaavia diffusa L. from leaf segments. Current Science. 1995; 68: 653-656.
8. Thakur RS, Puri HS, and Husain A. Major Medicinal Plants of India. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. 1989; 35: 116.
9. Agarwal RR and Dutt SS. Chemical examination of punarnava or Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. Isolation of an alkaloid punarnavine. Chemical Abstract 1936; 30(2): 3585.
10. Basu NK, Lal SB, and Sharma SN. Investigations on Indian medicinal plants. Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 1947; 20: 38-42.
11. Surange SR and Pendse GS. Pharmacognostic study of roots of Boerhaavia d. (Punarnava). Journal of Research in Indian Medicine. 1972; 7: 1.
12. Kadota S, Lami N, Tezuka Y and Kikuchi T. Constituents of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. I. Examination of sterols and structures of new rotenoids (boeravinones A and B). Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 1989; 37(12): 3214-3220.
13. Lami N, Kadota S, and Kikuchi T. Constituents of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. IV. Isolation and structure determination of boeravinones D, E and F. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 1992; 39(7):1863-1865.
14. Lami N, Kadota S, Tezuka Y, and Kikuchi T. Constituents of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. II. Structure and stereochemistry of a new rotenoid boeravinone C2. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Journal 1990; 38(6):1558-1562.
15. Ahmad K and Hossain A. Isolation, synthesis and biological action of hypoxanthine-9-Larabinofuranoside. Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. 1968; 11:41.
16. Mishra AN and Tiwari HP. Constituents of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa. Phytochemistry. 1971; 10: 3318.
17. Jain GK and Khanna NM. Punarnavoside: A new antifibrinolytic agent from Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. Indian Journal of Chemistry 1989; 28(B): 163-166.
18. Aftab K, Usmani SB, Ahmad SI and Usmanghani K. Naturally occurring calcium channel blockers-II. Hamdard Medicus. 1996; 39: 44-54.
19. Verma HN, Awasthi LP and Saxena KC. Isolation of virus inhibitor from the root extract of Boerhaavia diffusa inducing systemic resistance in plants. Canadian Journal of Botany. 1979; 57: 1214-1218.
20. Chopra RN, Ghosh S, Dey P and Ghosh BN. Pharmacology and therapeutics of Boerhaavia diffusa (punarnava). Indian Medical Gazette. 1923; 68: 203-208.
21. Agarwal RR, Dutt SS. Chemical examination of punarnava or Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. Isolation of an alkaloid punarnavine. Chem Abstr. 1936; 30(2): 3585.
22. Basu NK, Lal SB, Sharma SN. Investigations on Indian medicinal plants. Q J Pharm Pharmacol. 1947; 20: 38-42.
23. Surange SR, Pendse GS. Pharmacognostic study of roots of Boerhaavia diffusa Wild. (Punarnava). J Res Indian Med. 1972; 7: 1.
24. Sharma M, Vohra S, Arnason JT and Hudson JB. Echinacea extracts contain significant and selective activities against human pathogenic bacteria. Pharm Biol. 2008; 46: 111-116.
25. Velmurugan V, Arunachalam G and V Ravichandran. Antibacterial activity of stem barks of Prosopis cineraria (Linn.) druce. Archives of Applied Science Research 2010; 2 (4): 147-150.
26. Nalamolu RK, Boini KM and Nammi S. Effect of chronic administration of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn. leaf extract on experimental diabetes in rats. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2004; 3(1): 305-309.
27. Hiruma-Lima CA, Gracioso JS, Bighetti EJ. The juice of fresh leaves of Boerhaavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae) markedly reduces pain in mice. J Ethnopharmacol. 2000; 71(1-2): 267-274.
28. Rawat AKS, Mehratra S, Tripathi SC and Shome U. Hepatoprotective activity of Boerhaavia diffusa L. root-a popular Indian ethnomedicine. Journal of ethnopharmacology 1997; 56: 61-66.
29. Sreeja S, Sreeja S. An in vitro study on antiproliferative and antiestrogenic effects of Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1923; 126: 221-225.
30. Bhalla TN, Gupta MB, Sheth PK and Bhargava KP. Antiinflammatory activity of Boerhaavia diffusa. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 1968; 12: 37.
31. S. K. Kulkarni, Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, Vallabh Prakashan, 2003; 3: 128-131.
32. Adesina SK. Anticonvulsant properties of the roots of Boerhaavia diffusa. Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research 1979; 17: 84-86.
33. Sumanth M and Mustafa SS. Antistress, adoptogenic and immunopotentiating activity roots of Boerhaavia diffusa in mice. Int. J. Pharmacol. 2007; 3: 416-420.