Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn
Elephantopus scaber Linn. is known as Prickly-leaves elephant’s foot or di dan tou in Chinese. It has been used in traditional medicine to stimulate diuresis, reduce fever and eliminate bladder stones, as well as to treat nephritis, edema, dampness, chest pain, pneumonia, scabies, arthralgia and leu...
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| author | Wan, Yong Ho Huynh, Ky Swee, Keong Yeap Abdul Rahim, Raha Omar, Abdul Rahman Chai, Ling Ho Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu |
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| description | Elephantopus scaber Linn. is known as Prickly-leaves elephant’s foot or di dan tou in Chinese. It has been used in traditional medicine to stimulate diuresis, reduce fever and eliminate bladder stones, as well as to treat nephritis, edema, dampness, chest pain, pneumonia, scabies, arthralgia and leukemia. A number of phytochemicals have also been isolated from this plant, such as deoxyelephantopin, 11,13, dihydrodeoxyelephantopin, lupeol, epifriedelinol and stigmasterol. Most of the major studies only involved the bioactivities of the compounds especially deoxyelephantopin. The effects of the plant extract which can benefit a broad mass of people are still lacking. This paper briefly reviews the traditional usage and scientifically proven bioactivities of E. scaber which contributed its commercialization potential. |
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| spelling | upm-174622015-10-22T01:31:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17462/ Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn Wan, Yong Ho Huynh, Ky Swee, Keong Yeap Abdul Rahim, Raha Omar, Abdul Rahman Chai, Ling Ho Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu Elephantopus scaber Linn. is known as Prickly-leaves elephant’s foot or di dan tou in Chinese. It has been used in traditional medicine to stimulate diuresis, reduce fever and eliminate bladder stones, as well as to treat nephritis, edema, dampness, chest pain, pneumonia, scabies, arthralgia and leukemia. A number of phytochemicals have also been isolated from this plant, such as deoxyelephantopin, 11,13, dihydrodeoxyelephantopin, lupeol, epifriedelinol and stigmasterol. Most of the major studies only involved the bioactivities of the compounds especially deoxyelephantopin. The effects of the plant extract which can benefit a broad mass of people are still lacking. This paper briefly reviews the traditional usage and scientifically proven bioactivities of E. scaber which contributed its commercialization potential. Academic Journals 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17462/1/Traditional%20practice%2C%20bioactivities%20and%20commercialization%20potential%20of%20Elephantopus%20scaber%20Linn..pdf Wan, Yong Ho and Huynh, Ky and Swee, Keong Yeap and Abdul Rahim, Raha and Omar, Abdul Rahman and Chai, Ling Ho and Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu (2009) Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 3 (13). pp. 1212-1221. ISSN 1996-0875 http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/abstracts/abstracts/abstracts2009/Decx/Ho%20et%20al.htm Medicinal plants Shrubs Anti-bacterial agents English |
| spellingShingle | Medicinal plants Shrubs Anti-bacterial agents Wan, Yong Ho Huynh, Ky Swee, Keong Yeap Abdul Rahim, Raha Omar, Abdul Rahman Chai, Ling Ho Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title | Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title_full | Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title_fullStr | Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title_short | Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn |
| title_sort | traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of elephantopus scaber linn |
| topic | Medicinal plants Shrubs Anti-bacterial agents |
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