In vitro plant regeneration of pterocarpus santalinus l. Background the study of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants has led to discoveries that have helped combat diseases and improve healthcare. How red sandalwood is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. The ctc50 values of pterocarpus santalinus l heartwood methanolic extract was were found to be 353. Currently timber identification uses comparative wood anatomy. Pterocarpus santalinus has been traditionally used as a medicinal plant owing to its antiinflammatory, anthelmintic, tonic, antihyperglycemic, and diaphoretic properties. More specifically trees above 30 cm dbh occurred at a density of 9. All new structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, and configurations were confirmed by cd spectral data and optical rotation. The most common uses of pterocarpus in modern herbal medicine include to help support the bodys natural ability to manage and regulate blood sugar levels.
This species may have been the source of the sandalwood used in king solomons temple. Ethnomedicinal value of pterocarpus santalinus linn. Pterocarpus marsupium health benefits and uses of pterocarpus. An ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plants used as. Jul 18, 2011 nineteen taxa are found with some medicinal applications and the species with the greatest numbers of reported uses are the african p. The red wood yields a natural dye santalin, which is used in coloring pharmaceutical. Nov 08, 20 structural and furniture timber are only some of the uses. Pterocarpus marsupium roxb, commonly known as asana or vijaysara is such a plant species. This tree is valued for the rich red color of its wood.
Ecological niche modelling, hierarchical partitioning, pterocarpus santalinus, species distribution. Read its medicinal properties, uses, dosage, and identify by photos. Pterocarpus santalinus, with the common names red sanders, red sandalwood, rakt chandan. The plant list includes 227 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus pterocarpus. Seed germination studies in pterocarpus santalinus l. It is endemic to india and considered globally endangered, with illegal harvest being a key threat. It is widely distributed in the tropical regions of the world.
Forest remote sensing, biodiversity and climate species. Rakta chandana pterocarpus santalinus is a tree used in ayurveda to cure many diseases. Pterostilbene is one the most active ingredients of pterocarpus extract for this purpose, and other significant components include epicatechin, marsupin and pterosupin. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in red sandalwood. Pterocarpus santalinus is a lightdemanding small tree, growing to 8 metres 26 ft tall with a trunk 50150 cm diameter. The colouring principles of the west african barwood pterocarpus angolensis and camwood baphia nitida are closely allied with that of red saunders, if not identical. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Pterocarpus angolensis is fed upon by many animals that include the charaxes butterfly in larval state, squirrels, baboons and monkeys that feed on the seed pods, which have a diameter of about 12 cm. Other articles where pterocarpus santalinus is discussed. The success of this model indicates that enmbased approaches provide a promising tool for exploring various scenarios useful in the study of ecology, biogeography and conservation.
The wood paste is externally applied to cure skin inflammation, headache, fever, scorpion sting, skin diseases and to strengthen eyesight. It grows well in areas of open woodland such as the. However, the development of quantitative measures that can assist our quest for new medicinal plants has not greatly advanced in recent years. Pterocarpus angolensis grows in southern and eastern africa over a wide range of localities where there is a dry season contrasting with a wet season. Polleftiratr spectroscopic analysis of changes in wood properties during. Green earth products is one of the leading merchandizer exporters of herbal extracts and medicinal plants like pterocarpus marsupium. Cite web the wood from the narra tree and the burmese padauk tree p. Pterocarpus santalinus wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region. It is an endangered and endemic tree that occurs in southern regions of eastern ghats ahmed and nayar 1984. All new structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, and configurations were confirmed by cd spectral data and optical rotation values. Studies on the propagation of red sandal wood pterocarpus santalinus linn.
The name santalinus refers to its name of red sandalwood, which all its indian titles signify, though it bears no relationship to santalum. Hepatoprotective activity of pterocarpus santalinus l. It is a genus of trees and woody climbers distributed in the tropics throughout the. The red wood yields a natural dye santalin, which is used in. The application of traditional medicinal plants as antiinflammatory remedies has been practiced in sri lanka for thousands of years. Red sandalwood might increase the loss of body water through the urine diuretic effect. The use of phylogeny to interpret crosscultural patterns. The soil type must be deep sandy soil or well drained rocky slopes where the rainfall is above 500 mm per year. The names reflect its wide distribution and the many different cultures of people who use this tree in many different ways. A highly valued timber for its structural and medicinal properties p. This tree is valued for the rich red colour of its wood. Pterocarpus santalinus is used in traditional herbal medicine as an antipyretic, antiinflammatory.
Pterocarpus santalinus, with the common names red sanders, red sandalwood, and saunderswood, is a species of pterocarpus endemic to the southern eastern ghats mountain range of south india. Pterocarpus santalinus population is under pressure and in decline due to illegal felling and human pressure on red sanders forests. Pterocarpus santalinus only has a small natural range in southern india, and has been overexploited in the past for timber, dyestuff and medicines. Red listed and endemic taxa in andhra pradesh find, read and. Nineteen taxa are found with some medicinal applications and the species with the greatest numbers of reported uses are the african p. The plant has significant importance in traditional medicine for its ethnomedicinal value. Although there is a rich reserve of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, the preservation and the scientific validation of these claims are still in its infancy.
You can get all necessary information about this ayurvedic medicinal plants including its botanical names, morphology, classification, therapeutic uses, names in different languages, synonyms, habitat, chemical present in. Therapeutic potential of pterocarpus santalinus l an update ncbi. Isolation and characterisation of pterocarpus santalinus. The plant list includes a further 30 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus pterocarpus. Cite web the scientific name is latinized ancient greek and. Phylogenetic tools have entered many scientific fields in the last two decades to provide. Therefore, the active ingredients in the pterocarpus santalinus extract were. Population pterocarpus santalinus population is under pressure and in decline due to illegal felling and human pressure on red sanders forests. Plantations have been formed for its cultivation in southern india, where it is very rare. The population is still declining due to the illegal harvest of mature individuals to provide the. Pterocarpus marsupium an endangered medicinal plant. In ayurveda, an indian system of traditional medicine, a wide spectrum of medicinal properties of pterocarpus santalinus is described. Pterocarpus santalinus, with the common names red sanders, red sandalwood, rakt chandan, and saunderswood, is a species of pterocarpus endemic to the southern eastern ghats mountain range of south india. Pdf on jan 1, 2000, sudhakar reddy c and others published medicinal uses of hildegardia populifolia and pterocarpus santalinus.
This work is about medicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological and medicinal uses of. Pca of cites listed pterocarpus santalinus leguminosae. Pterocarpus santalinus is having high medicinal properties due to which it is being exploited recklessly and which is already included in the endangered category of iucn red list. Thus, the study was carried out in one of the administrative areas of sri lanka known.
The plant is mainly used to cure the skin ailments, oral diseases, cough, pyrexia, diarrhoea, dysentery, hyper nervous activity. Therapeutic potential of pterocarpus santalinus l an update. Descriptiona tree of 20 to 25 feet high, covered with rough bark resembling that of the common alder, and bearing spikes of yellow flowers. Part usedalkaloid medicinal uses wood powder astringent, tonic, antipyretic, antihelminthic, antiperiodic, diaphoretic, alexeritic, spider poisoning. Red sandalwood herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. Pterocarpus santalinus, macroscopical, microscopical, pharmacognostic standardization, phytochemical screening, fluorescence analysis 1. Plants profile for pterocarpus santalinus red sandalwood. Pterocarpus marsupium is astringent drug, bitter acrid, anti inflammatory, parasiticidal and analgesic. Mtt cytotoxic capacity of pterocarpus santalinus l heartwood methanolic extract was found to be 34. Recently there has been increasing interest in plants and plantderived compounds as raw food and medicinal agents.
It has been used in almost all the traditional system of medicine, ayurveda, unani, and sidha from the ancient time. Pterocarpus indicus wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Media in category pterocarpus santalinus the following 60 files are in this category, out of 60 total. Pterocarpus santalinus belongs to the butterflyshaped red sandalwood. In the present study, an effort has been made to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of pterocarpus santalinus l. In the traditional system of medicine, the decoction from the heartwood is attributed various medicinal properties.
Leguminaceae is an important medicinal tree grows on dry, hilly, often rocky ground of india. You can get all necessary information about this ayurvedic medicinal plants including its botanical names, morphology, classification, therapeutic uses, names in different languages, synonyms, habitat, chemical present in medicinal plants, systemic. The population is still declining due to the illegal harvest of mature individuals to provide the much sought after timber, red sandalwood. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region an infusion of the outer bark is used to treat dysentery. Names of red sandalwood in various languages of the world are also given. It is fastgrowing when young, reaching 5 metres 16 ft tall in three years, even on degraded soils. It belongs to the subfamily faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic pterocarpus clade within the dalbergieae. Many important bioactive phytocompounds have been extracted and identified from the heartwood of p. Most species of pterocarpus yield valuable timber traded as padauk or padouk. It might also have drying effects that may help with wounds. The plant is renowned for its characteristic timber of exquisite color, beauty, and superlative technical qualities. Foresters may wonder why it is not more widely planted. Table 2 medicinal importance of pterocarpus santalinus l. Materials and methods plant material stem bark of pterocarpus santalinus was collected during the month of january 2003 from the ayurvedic medicinal garden at gajanur, shimoga district forest department of shimoga.
The medicinal plants are extensively utilized throughout the world in different systems of accomplish the global demand. We are institutionalized to render efficacious, genuine, consistent and safe natural. The use of phylogeny to interpret crosscultural patterns in. In the traditional system of medicine, the decoction prepared from the heartwood is attributed various medicinal properties. The plant is mainly used to cure the skin ailments, oral diseases, cough, pyrexia, diarrhoea, dysentery, hyper. Rakta chandana pterocarpus santalinus medicinal uses. Terpenoids of pterocarpus santalinus heartwood sciencedirect. Other uses when the bark is cut, it exudes a bloodred juice that soon solidifies and. In vitro seed germination and induction of enhanced shoot. Because of the wide range of documented ethnomedicinal uses for pterocarpus species, the evidence of bioactivity for some of them, the critical status for some species. Distribution and woodland types pterocarpus is a tropical genus of trees within the subfamily papilionoideae of the legume family fabaceae. The tree is not to be confused with the aromatic santalum sandalwood trees that. The many uses of pterocarpus angolensis aka kiaat sa.
From the heartwood of pterocarpus santalinus a group of six closely related sesquiterpenes has been isolated which includes three new sesquiterpenes namely isopterocarpolone, pterocarptriol and pterocarpdiolone besides the known. Fabaceae is one among the abovementioned species, commonly termed in the trade as red sanders, and locally considered as the pride of india and the state tree of andhra pradesh. Encyclopedia of indian medicinal plants herbs mainly using in ayurveda with pictures and details. Studies on the propagation of red sandal wood pterocarpus.
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