Ecbolium viride

Ecbolium viride
Scientific classification
Kingdom: plantae
(unranked): angiosperm
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ecbolium
Species: E. viride
Binomial name
Ecbolium viride
(Forssk.) Alston
Synonyms
  • Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana Remadevi & Binojk.

Ecbolium viride is a species of Ecbolium of the family Acanthaceae. It can be found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant.[1][2]

Chemical present

Leaves, roots and flowers contain orientin, vitexin, isoorientin, isovitexin.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "ECBOLIUM VIRIDE (Forsk.) Alst.". mpbd.info.
  2. ↑ "Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston roots against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Albino Wistar rats". Journal of Pharmacy Research 7: 496–501. doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2013.06.001.
  3. ↑ Lalitha KG and Sethuraman MG. "Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill.". nih.gov.


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