Medicinal Species of Piper, Pharmacognostic Delimitation
TL;DR: A critical study of the pharmacognostic characters, though almost unexplored, is worth attempting, particularly for detecting adulteration in commercial supplies.
Abstract: The genus Piper (Piperaceae) is a large one. Jackson (1869) and Salisbury (1959-60) mention 600-700 species, Willis (1973) 2000. Hooker (1882) recorded only 24 species in India. “Wealth of India” mentions 30 species for India. About eight Indian species have therapeutic importance (Chopra et al., 1956). Four of these species, very common and widely used, have been selected for detailed study: Piper betle L. (Tambuli in Sanskrit, Pan in Bengali, Tamvettilai in Tamil), Piper cubeba L. f. (Sugandha muricha in Sanskrit, Kabachini in Bengali), Piper longum L. (Pippali in Sanskrit, Pipul in Bengali and Pippallu in Telegu) and Piper nigrum L. (Maricha in Sanskrit, Milagu in Tamil, Golmorich in Hindi and Bengali). A critical study of the pharmacognostic characters, though almost unexplored (Datta and Mukherji, 1952; Tyler and Schwarting, 1968), is worth attempting, particularly for detecting adulteration in commercial supplies.
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TL;DR: Despite traditional claims, insufficient scientific validation for the treatment of insomnia, dementia, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, spleen disorder, puerperal fever and leprosy, necessitate future investigations in this direction.
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01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of Piper longum Linn. (Piperaceae) has been made to explore different aspects of Piper Linn, including Bio-availibity enhancer, immunomodulatory effect, antiasthamatic and hepatoprotective activity.
Abstract: Medicinal plants have shown tremendous potential for the development of the new drug molecules for various serious diseases. Many plant derived products have found to play an important role in various disease conditions. Piper longum Linn. is a native of the Indo-Malaya region, belongs to family Piperaceae. Piper longum Linn. (Piperaceae) has been used as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of various pathological conditions. The tribal population uses the plant for cardiovascular activities, anti-inflammatory activity and as a spice. Alkaloids, Lignans and volatile oil are reported in this plant. Extract of Piper longum fruits have been shown to posses various activities like Bio-availibity enhancer, immunomodulatory effect, antiasthamatic and hepatoprotective activity. In the present review an attempt has been made to explore different aspects of Piper longum.
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TL;DR: The residual values obtained from the regression analysis of the Q'eqchi' medicinal plant species versus the species listed in the checklist of the vascular plants of Belize (Balick, Nee, and Atha, 2001) placed the Piperaceae, the Rubiaceae, and the Asteraceae in the first three ranks and the Poaceae and the Orchidaceae in last three ranks as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A previous study provided a general quantitative analysis of 169 collected medicinal plants used by the Q'eqchi' Maya healers of southern Belize. This paper is focused on a statistical analysis of this ethnobotanical information using the method developed by Moerman (1991). The residual values obtained from the regression analysis of the Q'eqchi' medicinal plant species versus the species listed in the checklist of the vascular plants of Belize (Balick, Nee, and Atha, 2001) placed the Piperaceae, the Rubiaceae, and the Asteraceae in the first three ranks, and the Poaceae, the Cyperaceae, and the Orchidaceae in the last three ranks. The results were compared with three northern temperate regions (Kashmir, Korea, and North America) and three southern neotropical regions (Chiapas, Ecuador, and Veracruz). The coefficients of correlation between the checklist of vascular plants of Belize and the other six floras showed, as expected, high values for regions with similar climatic type. Thus, high correl...
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TL;DR: Only Ceylon cinnamon (the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Nees of the family Lauraceae) showed mutagenic activity, and the crude form of this spice and its water-heated and water-macerated residues all produced the rec effect, while water- heated andWater-Macerated filtrates did not, even in concentrations equivalent to as much as 50 mg solids/test disc.
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01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: An attempt has been made to address the chemistry and pharmacology of the plant P. longum, species of the genus Piper belonging to family piperaceae of the unique order piperales of the verticillate of dicotyledones.
Abstract: Earthen hemisphere is gifted with varieties of large number of medicinal herbs. Herbs are natural remedies for the disease with higher safety profile and efficacy. The country like India has got variety of climatic conditions and seasons favorable for growth of many species of plants. Amongst the large number of herbal drugs existing in India, very few have been studied systematically so far. The list of drugs is very meticulous and diversified hence extensive efforts are required for their correct recognition. Piper longum is a highly valuable drug and is one of the essential ingredients in the most of the compound preparations included in Ayurvedic literature. Further, the use of the plant as a bioavailability enhancer has immensely increased its importance in the field of Ayurveda. Hence, an attempt has been made to address the chemistry and pharmacology of the plant P. longum. Commonly the plant P. longum is known as long pepper, species of the genus Piper belonging to family piperaceae of the unique order piperales of the verticillate of dicotyledones.
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