Adenanthera pavonina (Liquorice wood) : medicinal properties in alcoholic extraction

Adenanthera pavonina (Liquorice wood) — family Mimosacées.

This database documents alcoholic (ethanol) extractions of active substances. Our monograph currently lists 9 indications in alcoholic extraction for this species. The monograph draws on 52 scientific references recorded for the species.

Therapeutic indications in alcoholic extraction:

Note: scientific reference excerpts are kept in their original language (most often English), without translation, to respect the source text of publications.

1. Cancer : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Campothécine-like.
   According to –Chauhan R (2015): The methanol extract has anticancer effect being effective against bone cancer cell line when compared with acetone extract. AP is known to produce anti-inflammatory drugs whereas this traditional plant is used for anticancer drugs as well which will be greater benefit to mankind,. According to Kolhe Rohini C (2019): Traditionally the plant has been used for various ailments such as asthma, boil, diarrhea, gout, inflammations, rheumatism, tumor & ulcers, and as a tonic.
2. Infection (bark stem) : Plant part used: Bark. Documented pharmacological profile: Ciprofloxacine-like.
   According to Abdu K (2020): The targeted compounds isolated (AP-X38 & AP-X44) were also subjected to antimicrobial test using three bacterial species & found to be even more active that the solvent extract of ETAC. In the present study, four solvent-extract (ethanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform & n-hexane) were subjected to antimicrobial activity test against E. According to Rodrigo SK (2006): Extracts of both plants exhibit antibacterial activity against methicillin-sensitive & –resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis & Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Jayasinghe et al., 2006).
3. Osteoarthritis, rheumatism, oedema, arthritis : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Indometacine-like.
   According to Mayuren C (2009): Ethanolic extracts from the leaves of Adenanthera pavonina were assessed at doses of 250 & 500 mg/kg for anti-inflammatory effects using both acute & chronic inflammatory models. The anti-inflammatory activity elicited by the leaf extracts may be due to the influence of the active constituents such as beta-sitosterol & stigmasterol. According to Kolhe Rohini C (2019): It has been reported to posses various activities like Antioxidant Activity, Antibacterial Activity, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial Activity, Antipyretic activity, Hepatoprotective activity, & hypoglycaemic activity, Hypolipidemic activity, Wound healing activity & Antimalarial activity.

Further indications (including other extraction modes where applicable), dosages, precautions for use and full scientific references are available in the complete monograph.

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