Platostoma menthoides

Platostoma menthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Platostoma
Species: P. menthoides
Binomial name
Platostoma menthoides
(L.) A.J.Paton[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Elsholtzia ocimoides Pers.
  • Geniosporum gracile Benth.
  • Geniosporum menthoides (L.) Druce
  • Geniosporum prostratum (L.) Benth.
  • Lumnitzera prostrata (L.) Spreng.
  • Mentha ocymoides Lam.
  • Ocimum macrostachyum Poir.
  • Ocimum menthoides L.
  • Ocimum prostratum L.
  • Thymus indicus Burm.f.

The plant Platostoma menthoides, belonging to the family Lamiaceae is widely available in Tamil Nadu, India. Traditionally this plant used in common cold and febrifuge.[2]

Acute oral toxicity study

In Acute Oral Toxicity Study, no mortality was found at the end of study and sign of toxicity like change in skin and fur, eyes and mucous membrane, and also respiratory, circulatory, autonomic, and central nervous system and somatomotor activity, behavior pattern, sign of tremors, convulsions, salvation, lethargy, sleep, coma were also not found.

Antipyretic activity

Ethanolic extract of bark of Geniosporum prostratum on yeast-induced pyrexia shown significant effect. Treatment with extracts at dose of 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight and paracetamol at dose of 25 mg/kg decreased the body temperature of yeast-induced rats. The results obtained from both standard- and extract-treated groups were compared with the control group. A significant reduction in the yeast-elevated rectal temperature was observed in the test drug. Percentage decrease in temperature by ethanolic extract of G. prostratum bark (100 and 200 mg/kg) and standard drug was found to be 1.40, 3.20, and 3.80 percentages, respectively.

References

  1. 1 2 "Platostoma menthoides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Singhal AK, Bhati VS, Singhal Vishnu Kumar. "Pharmacognostic Study of Aerial Parts of Plant Geniosporum prostratum (L) Benth.". Journal of Scientific Speculations and Research Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 19 – 24, 2010

Singhal AK, Singhal VK, Bhati VS, Gupta H. Evaluation of antipyretic activity of ethanolic extract of plant Geniosporum prostratum (L.) Benth. Bark. Chron Young Sci 2011;2:168-70


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