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| Title: | Pharmacognostical studies and evaluation of total phenolic and flavonoid contents of traditionally utilized fruits of Solanum torvum Sw. |
| Authors: | Arif, Muhammad
Fareed, Sheeba |
| Keywords: | Solanum torvum
Shoo-shoo bush
Devil’s fig
Wild egg
Histochemical
Phenolics
Flavonoid |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | The
fruits of Solanum torvum Sw.,
commonly known as Shoo-shoo bush, Devil’s fig, Wild egg, are pungent in taste,
edible, used as a vegetable and are regarded as an essential ingredient in Thai
cuisine. In Tripura
and West Bengal fruits are crushed or cooked with dry fish (sidhol) and taken
with warm rice to cure rheumatic pain. The fruit has been used ethnomedicinally as a
tonic and haematopoietic, anti-microbial agent and for the treatment of pain. A decoction of fruits is given
for cough ailments and is considered as useful in liver and
spleen enlargement. The fruit has sedative, diuretic and digestive
in action. In view of the traditional and medicinal importance, the present study deals
with pharmacognostical evaluation of fruit including
morphological and histological studies. Determination of physicochemical
constants, fluorescence analysis and
phytochemical profile including TLC fingerprint and estimation of total
phenolic and flavonoid contents has also been done. |
| Page(s): | 218-224 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(2) [June 2011]
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