MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MG122 : Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Grasses | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Gramineae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Khus, Khas, Khas-khas, garara, Ushira, Amrnala, veerana, virani, veeratara, valaka, vala | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Anatherum zizanioides(L.) Hitchc. & Chase Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty Phalaris zizanioides L. |
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| Description : | Perennials. Culms to 180 cm high, erect, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 30-60 x 0.4 - 1 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, convolute, glaucous; sheaths to 30 cm long, keeled; ligules membranous. Panicles 15-37 cm long; pyramidal, contracted; racemes to 14 cm long, whorled. Spikelets in pairs, dissimilar. Sessile spikelets 3-5 mm long, lanceolate; lower glume 3-4 mm long, lanceolate, coriaceous, spinulose; upper glume 3-5 mm long, lanceolate; coriaceous; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma 3-4 x 1-2 mm, elliptic, second lemma 2-3 mm long, oblong; palea c. 2 mm long, oblong, hyaline; stamens 3; ovary elliptic. Pedicelled spikelets 3-4 mm long, lanceolate; glumes 3-4 mm long, lanceolate, coriaceous; lower floret empty; upper floret male; first lemma c. 3 mm long, elliptic; second lemma c. 2 mm long, lanceolate; Palea c. 1 mm long, oblong; stamens 3. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Blood purifier, cardio protective, epistaxis, diaphoresis, strengthens stomach, indigestion, acidity, anorexia, Diarrhea, fever, asthma, cough, brain tonic, skin disorders, tuberculosis, | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | azulene nootkatane eudesmane sesquiterpene nootkatene valencene isovalencenol isovalencenic acid nootkatone alpha-vetivone 7-epi-nootkatone beta-vetivene gamma-vetineve bicyclovetivenol valerianol vetiselinene isovetiselinenol vetiselinenol delta-selinene khusimone khusinol oxide khusenic isokhusenic acids |
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| Reference : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Khushminder Kaur Chahal, Urvashi Bhardwaj, Sonia Kaushal and Amanpal Kaur Sandhu; "Chemical composition and biological properties of Chrysopogon zizaniodes (L.) Roberty syn. Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash – A Review"; Indian J Nat Prod Resour (2015); 6(4): 251-260 PMID : ~ Bharat Bhushan, Sharma Satish Kumar, Singh Tanuja, Singh Lalit and Arya Hema; "Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash: A pharmacological overview"; Int. Res. J. Pharm. (2013); 4(7): 18-20 PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID : ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 PMID : |
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