Pharmacognosy Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Chin J Nat Med. 2013 May;11(3):199-206. doi: 10.1016/S1875-5364(13)60017-5.
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell belonging to the family Violaceae, popularly known as Ratanpurus (Hindi) is a herb or a shrub distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the Ayurvedic literature, the plant is reported to cure conditions of "Kapha" and "Pitta", urinary calculi, strangury, painful dysentery, vomiting, burning sensation, wandering of the mind, urethral discharge, blood trouble, asthma, epilepsy, cough, and to give tone to the breasts. Phytochemically, the plant contains a considerable amount of dipeptide alkaloids, aurantiamide acetate, isoarborinol, and β-sitosterol, sugars, flavonoids, steroids, triterpenes, phenols, flavones, catachins, tannins, anthraquinones and amino acids. Pharmacologically, the plant is reported to possess antidiabetic, antiplasmodial, antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, nephroprotective, aphrodisiac, hepatoprotective, antiinflammatory, aldose reductase inhibitory and free radical scavenging activities. The information provided in this review will be worthwhile to know the applicability of H. enneaspermus for the treatment of various acute or chronic diseases with a diverse nature of phytoconstituents. The overall data in this review article were collected from various scientific sources on the research of H. enneaspermus.
Hybanthus enneaspermus(L.)F. Muell 属于堇菜科,俗称 Ratanpurus(印地语),是一种草本植物或灌木,分布在世界的热带和亚热带地区。在印度草医学文献中,该植物被报道可以治疗“Kapha”和“Pitta”、尿路结石、尿频、尿痛、呕吐、烧灼感、神志恍惚、尿道分泌物、血液疾病、哮喘、癫痫、咳嗽,并能使乳房有弹性。植物化学上,该植物含有相当数量的二肽生物碱、aurantiamide 醋酸盐、isoarborinol 和 β-谷甾醇、糖、类黄酮、类固醇、三萜、酚类、黄酮类、儿茶素、单宁、蒽醌和氨基酸。药理学上,该植物被报道具有抗糖尿病、抗疟原虫、抗菌、抗惊厥、肾保护、壮阳、保肝、抗炎、醛糖还原酶抑制和自由基清除活性。本综述提供的信息将有助于了解 H. enneaspermus 对各种具有不同性质植物成分的急性或慢性疾病的治疗适用性。本文综述中的整体数据均来自于对 H. enneaspermus 研究的各种科学来源。