Microsorum punctatum
| Microsorum punctatum | |
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| Microsorum punctatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteridopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Microsorum |
| Species: | M. punctatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. | |
Microsorum punctatum is a medicinal fern. Juice extracted from the fronds (leaves) of the fern is used as purgative, diuretic, and wound healing agents. [1]
Water extract of the fern was found to have alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity and cytotoxicity against a human chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line (K562).[2]
References
- ↑ Sharma UK, Pegu S. Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'. J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine 2011; 7(1): 16.
- ↑ Chai TT, Yeoh LY, Mohd Ismail NI, Ong HC, Wong FC (2015) Cytotoxicity and antiglucosidase potential of six selected edible and medicinal ferns. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research. 72(2): 397-401.
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