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Strychnos 1990 - 2004 - Crops for the Future

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Biswas, S., T. Murugesan, K. Maiti, L. Ghosh, M. Pal and B. P. Saha<br />

Study on <strong>the</strong> diuretic activity of <strong>Strychnos</strong> potatorum linn. Seed extract in albino r<br />

2001<br />

Phytomedicine<br />

8(6): 469-471<br />

Abstract<br />

Methanol extract of <strong>Strychnos</strong> potatorum Linn. seeds (SPSE) was evaluated <strong>for</strong> its diuretic activity<br />

in Wistar albino rats. The SPSE was administered at <strong>the</strong> graded doses of 200, 400, and 600 mg/kg<br />

body weight. The parameters which were taken into account during <strong>the</strong> experimental on each rat<br />

were: total urine volume (corrected <strong>for</strong> water intake during <strong>the</strong> test period), body weight be<strong>for</strong>e and<br />

after <strong>the</strong> experiment, and <strong>the</strong> concentration of sodium, potassium, and chloride ions in urine. The<br />

total urine volumes of <strong>the</strong> SPSE (600 mg/kg)-treated rats were evaluated nearly two and half fold<br />

<strong>the</strong>n compared with <strong>the</strong> control (saline treated) group. Excretion of cations (sodium and potassium<br />

ions) and anions (chloride ions) also increased significantly with respect to <strong>the</strong> control group. The<br />

diuretic effect was comparable with that of <strong>the</strong> standard drug Furosemide. The increase of cations in<br />

<strong>the</strong> urine on treatment with <strong>Strychnos</strong> potatorum seed extract (SPSE) was dose-dependent. This<br />

effect supports <strong>the</strong> use of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Strychnos</strong> potatorum seeds as a diuretic in folk remedies.<br />

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Brandt, V., M. Tits, J. Penelle, M. Frederich and L. Angenot<br />

Main glucosidase conversion products of <strong>the</strong> gluco-alkaloids dolichantoside and p<br />

2001<br />

Phytochemistry<br />

57(5): 653-659<br />

Abstract<br />

The enzymatic glucose cleavage of palicoside revealed <strong>the</strong> biosyn<strong>the</strong>tic pathway to akagerine,<br />

whereas <strong>the</strong> conversion of dolichantoside led to a new quaternary heteroyohimbine alkaloid named<br />

N-b-methyl-21-beta -hydroxy-mayumbine. The hypo<strong>the</strong>tical models of reactions occurring after <strong>the</strong><br />

conversion of both substrates are proposed. Dolichantoside and palicoside, as well as <strong>Strychnos</strong><br />

mellodora a stem bark crude ethanol extract, exhibit significant antimycotic activity against human<br />

pathogens in presence of specific glucosidase. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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