Ayurveda, the oldest treatment system of the world that originated. Crude extracts from a medicinal tunisian plant, pergularia tomentosa l. Asclepiadaceae is a perennial twinning herb widely distributed in the sahara desert, horn of. The list is incomplete and some botanical names needs confirmations.
The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about pergularia species pergularia tomentosa supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Nutritional composition and phytochemical, antioxidative. Pergularia in world checklist of selected plant families. Pergularia tomentosa photo 1 is a perennial twinning herb. The aim of the study was to assess of potential healthpromoting properties of alkaloids extract of pergularia tomentosa l. Pergularia tomentosa belongs to subfamily asclepiadaceae in apocynaceae. Cardenolide glycosides from pergularia tomentosa and their proapoptotic activity in kaposis sarcoma cells.
Its flowers are small and occur in few axillary umbellate cymes 1. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. The plant is traditionally used as a laxative, as an abortive, and. Pdf cardenolide glycosides from pergularia tomentosa and. There is a growing demand for plant based medicines, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, health products, cosmetics etc. This is another compliation i have done from various tamil medicinal books. This plant usually has many leaves and its branches have pale greenwhite stems that are ascending. Two species from pergularia and ecballium genus are selected for the present study. Pdf complete plastome genome of pergularia tomentosa l.
The importance for the conservation of the egyptian desert plant pergularia tomentosa was encouraged after the isolation and. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Pergularia tomentosa is a member of the apocynaceae family found in a wide geographical region including the gulf region, africa, and the. Pergularia tomentosa plant biodiversity of southwestern. Twining plant with cordate leaves and flowers in axillary umbels. The phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of pergularia. The leaves are ashy gray, while the flowers are actinomorphic, purple and alter. The whole plant is bluewhitish due to dense short hair. The plants database includes the following 1 species of pergularia. Cardenolides from pergularia tomentosa display cytotoxic. Pergularia tomentosa, from traditional uses to ecology and. Pdf in vitro and in vivo cultivation of pergularia tomentosa for. Phytochemical and biological evaluation of pergularia tomentosa l. Pdf pergularia tomentosa is a medicinal plant mainly found in saudi arabia, northern and southern africa.