Kumar Nirmal, Singh Anil Kumar
Department of Dravyaguna, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S22-6. doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C872.
Plants are used as medicine since ancient time, in organized (Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha) and unorganized (folk, native & tribal) form. In these systems, drugs are described either in Sanskrit or vernacular languages. Avartani (Helicteres isora Linn.) is a medicinal plant which is used in several diseases. It is commonly known as Marodphali, Marorphali, Enthani etc. due to screw like appearance of its fruit. Avartani is used as a folk medicine to treat snake bite, diarrhoea and constipation of new born baby. In the research, antioxidant, hypolipidaemic, antibacterial and antiplasmid activities, cardiac antioxidant, antiperoxidative potency, brain-antioxidation potency, anticancer activity, antinociceptive activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-diarrheal activity and wormicidal activity in this plant were reviewed.
自古以来，植物就被用作药物，有系统化的（阿育吠陀医学、尤那尼医学和悉达医学）和非系统化的（民间、本土和部落医学）形式。在这些医学体系中，药物用梵语或方言描述。阿瓦尔塔尼（Helicteres isora Linn.）是一种药用植物，可用于治疗多种疾病。因其果实呈螺旋状外观，它通常被称为马罗德法利、马罗尔法利、恩塔尼等。阿瓦尔塔尼被用作民间药物，用于治疗蛇咬伤、新生儿腹泻和便秘。在该研究中，对这种植物的抗氧化、降血脂、抗菌和抗质粒活性、心脏抗氧化、抗过氧化能力、脑抗氧化能力、抗癌活性、抗伤害感受活性、肝脏保护活性、抗腹泻活性和驱虫活性进行了综述。
