Assessment of antioxidant properties in fruits of myrica esculenta. Myrica plants grow well in nitrogen depleted soils, mixed forests, agricultural, and marginal lands 19,20 m. Leave a comment on bhavprakash nighantu pdf disclaimer all possible efforts have been made to ensure the correctness of the contents of this ebook. In this study, we investigated the effect of crude extracts, derived from stem bark of myrica esculenta on melanin production in mouse b16 melanoma cells.
Myrica esculenta locally known as kafal, is a dioecious, moderate sized, evergreen tree species. The collected leaves were then washed 34 times with deionized water and then dried in the laboratory. Hippophae salicifolia, elaeagnus pyriformis, myrica esculenta and m. Unripe and half ripe fruits of myrica esculenta box myrtle tree jeg5546. Myrica esculenta myresoverview eppo global database. Author links open overlay panel bhavana srivastava a vikas c. In ancient sanskrit language, kafal is often called kaiphala or katphala and believed to have a medicinal property in its bark. Fruit juice of silverberry elaeagnus and bayberry myrica may help in combating against kidney dysfunctions pallab kar1, arnab kumar chakraborty1, somit dutta1,2, malay bhattacharya3, tapas.
Myrica esculenta, but also referred as myrica integrifolia and myrica nagi. Myricaceae it is a delicious wild fruit of hills selling at a price tag of rs. Various factors such as browning, season, media type and plant growth regulators influence the micropropagation of female trees of myrica esculenta. Shri department of pharmaceutical sciences and drug research, punjabi university, patiala147 002, india sood and shri.
Myricaceae commonly known as kaiphala or katphala is a widely used medicinal plant in ayurveda. Carbon sequestration potential of kafal myrica esculenta. Myrica esculenta myricaceae is a popular medicinal plant most commonly. Study on the wound activity potential on the aqueous. Biomolecules free fulltext phytochemical composition. Bayberry myrica cerifera plant profiler sigmaaldrich.
Evaluation of phytochemical constituents and antioxidant. Anthocyanins, flavonols, and free radical scavenging. These are reported to be globally distributed in both temperate and subtropical regions of the world 1. Plant diversity is a basic source of food and medicine for local himalayan communities. Myrica esculenta myricaceae is a popular medicinal plant most commonly found in the subtropical himalayas. Indeed, its fruits have been a potential incomegenerating source for local tribes of meghalaya and subhimalayan region 21, 22. It is one of the plant species, which are under imminent danger of.
Don a multipurpose tree species of subtropical temperate himalayan region. Dpph free radical scavenging activity than nonpolar. Pharmacognostic evaluation of katphala the bark of. Factors controlling micropropagation of myrica esculenta. Since there is a definite role of free radicals in. Pharmacognostic characterization of myrica esculenta. Pharmacognostic evaluation and determination of secondary. Don is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus myrica family myricaceae. A natural source for health promotion and disease prevention article pdf available in plants 86. Myrica esculenta, family myricaceae commonly known as kaiphal is a small to moderate sized tree varying from 3 to 15 m from place to place in subtropical himalayas from the ravi river eastward to. Elaeagnus pyriformis, myrica nagi and myrica esculenta are prominent actinorhizal plants of northeast india which produce juicy edible fruits.
Katphala or kaiphala, botanically equated with plant myrica esculenta buch. It is widely used in folk medicine to treat several ailments such as asthma, cough, chronic bronchitis, ulcers, inflammation, anemia, fever, diarrhea, and ear, nose, and throat disorders. Saudi journal of medical and pharmaceutical sciences issn. Crude extract of myrica esculenta fruits, a wild edible species of indian himalayan region, was evaluated for phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties. Information about the openaccess article assessment of antioxidant properties in fruits of myrica esculenta. Himalyan bayberry myrica esculenta fruit in indian himalayan region. Pdf assessment of antioxidant properties in fruits of. Anthocyanins, flavonols, and free radical scavenging activity. Characterization of anthocyanins and flavonols and radical scavenging activity assays of extracts from four chinese bayberry myrica rubra varieties with different fruit colors were carried out. Therefore, this wild edible species deserves promotion in the region. Assessment of antioxidant properties in fruits of myrica. Medicinal and aromatic plants of himachal pradesh narain.
It is a characteristic associate of quercus leucotrichophora and. Myrica esculenta famine foods plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine purdue university, west lafayette, indiana. It is widely used in folk medicine to treat several ailments such as asthma, cough, chronic. Utilization of waste leaves biomass of myrica esculenta. In spite of its numerous medicinal attributes, no published work is. Thus, the plant extract might be useful as a wound healing agent. Myrica esculenta myricaceae commonly known as box berry or kaphal is an important indian medicinal plant. However, ayurvedic samhita mentions myrica esculenta to be harmful to liver and spleen. Evaluation for substitution of stem bark with small.
The genus has a wide distribution, including africa, asia, europe, north. Phytochemical composition, antioxidant, and antimicrobial. Pdf myrica esculenta myricaceae is a popular medicinal plant most. Effects of myrica esculenta bark extracts on melanin. Almost all the part of the tree has medicinal properties.
This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Evaluation for substitution of stem bark with small branches of myrica esculenta for medicinal use a comparative phytochemical study. Myricaceae is commonly known as box berry, kaiphal, and katphala in ayurveda. The current study was designed to assess the effect of different solvents methanol, ethyl acetate, and water on the phenolic profile, and the corresponding biological activity was studied. In contrary to this, oil extracted from the flowers acts as a tonic, and has been used useful in earache, headache.
In spite of its numerous medicinal attributes, no published work is available till date on pharmacognostical characterization and hptlc analysis of its leaves. Myrica esculenta, kaphal, box berry, phytoconstituents, pharmacology the genus myrica consists about 97 species of small tree and aromatic shrubs belonging to family myricaceae. It is widely used in folk medicine to treat several ailments such as asthma, cough. Antiallergic activity of stem bark of myrica esculenta. Don is a popular, potentially incomegenerating wild edible tree species in the indian himalaya. The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of crude extract of stem bark of m. The animal described as fasting had been deprived of food for at least 12 hrs but had free. This book will serve as a useful companion to the students researchers, teachers, industrialists, collectors, cultivators, foresters and above all the students and practitioners of indian systems of.
Cheminform is a weekly abstracting service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. A popular wild edible species in indian himalayan region in doaj. It is widely used in folk medicine to treat several. General information about myrica esculenta myres this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience. Due to its multidimensional pharmacological and therapeutic effects, it is well recognized in the. Results revealed significant variation in total phenolic and flavonoid contents across. As per the ayurvedic literature the palnt is used for variety of diseases and. Myrica esculenta leaves is a small tree found in northern india specially garhwal in nagnath pokhari and gawldom, which is located in dist chamoli state uttarakhand in india and mountains. Free radical scavenging activity of mushroom polysaccarides extract. Myrica esculenta is found in hilly regions of northern india and nepal especially in the regions of garhwal and kumaon of uttarakhand, southern bhutan and western nepal especially at elevations of.