A new sapogenol and other constituents in Abri Semen, the seeds of Abrus precatorius L. I.

Macroscopic and Microscopic Evaluation of Abrus Precatorius L. (gunja), Seeds

The excessive exploitation of medicinal plants during recent years raises the issues regarding their quality, safety and efficacy. In this respect, there has been a rapid increase in the standardization of medicinal plants with therapeutic potential. In spite of the new techniques, identification and evaluation of plant drugs pharmacognostic study is more cheap and reliable. Abrus precatorius L...

Plant Growth Inhibitor from Abrus precatorius Seeds.

Notes on Indigenous Vegetable Poison Seeds of the Abrus Precatorius

ABRUS PRECATORIUS. By Surgeon C. J. H. Warden, Professor of Chemistry, Calcutta Medical College. [iConcluded from page 2Cj2?\ Tiie proximate analysis of the seeds was conducted as follows : several pounds were reduced to coarse powder in an iron mortar ; during pulverization a pungent pepper-like odour was noticeable, which caused a feeling of constriction about the chest, and sneezing ; the in...

Notes on Indigenous Vegetable Poisons— Seeds of the Abrus Precatorius

common plants in every part of India, and describes its botanical characters as follows. ''Flowering time at the close of the rains. Root ramous: stem ligneous, twining ; baric smooth ; young shoots with a few white depressed hairs. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate, from two to six inches long. Leaflets opposite, subsessile, from eight to fifteen pair, linear, oblong, smooth, entire, both end...

Immunomodulatory Activity of the Aqueous Extract of Seeds of Abrus precatorius Linn (Jequirity) in Mice

Background: Various compounds of plant origin have been widely investigated since ancient times for their possible immunomodulatory properties as well as for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Objective: To study the immunomodulatory functions of the aqueous extract of the seeds of Abrus precatorius commonly known as Indian liquorice (Fabaceae), a medicinal plant native to central India...