Ecbolium viride
| Ecbolium viride | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | plantae |
| (unranked): | angiosperm |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ecbolium |
| Species: | E. viride |
| Binomial name | |
| Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston | |
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Ecbolium viride is a species of Ecbolium of the family Acanthaceae. It can be found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant.[1][2]
Chemical present
Leaves, roots and flowers contain orientin, vitexin, isoorientin, isovitexin.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 "ECBOLIUM VIRIDE (Forsk.) Alst.". mpbd.info.
- ↑ "Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston roots against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Albino Wistar rats". Journal of Pharmacy Research. 7: 496–501. doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2013.06.001.
- ↑ Lalitha KG and Sethuraman MG. "Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill.". nih.gov.
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