Boerhavia diffusa

Boerhavia diffusa;
Clasificación científica
Reinu:	Plantae
División:	Magnoliophyta
Clas:	Magnoliopsida
Orde:	Caryophyllales
Familia:	Nyctaginaceae
Xéneru:	Boerhavia
Especie:	B. diffusa; L.
Consultes
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
World Flora Online	World Flora online
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Boerhavia diffusa ye una especie d'arbustu perteneciente a la familia Nyctaginaceae. Ye usada como planta melecinal poles sos propiedaes diurétiques.^[1] B. diffusa ta bien esvalixada, yá que se producen a lo llargo de la India, el Pacíficu y el sur d'Estaos Xuníos. Esta amplia gama esplicar pol so frutu pequeñu, que son bien pegañosos y crecen unos centímetros del suelu, nuna posición ideal pa enferronase a les pequeñes aves migratories que pasen pellí.^[2]

Descripción

Ye una planta que mide 1 m d'altor, los tarmos siéntense pegañosos y aspros. Les fueyes son más o menos arrondaes y nel aviesu vense pálides. Les flores son de color moráu, tán asitiaes en cabezueles y atópense nes puntes de la planta.

Distribución y hábitat

Planta cosmopolita tropical, habita en clima templáu ente los 200 y los 650 metros, acomuñada a vexetación alteriada de monte tropical caducifoliu, sabana y manglar.

Propiedaes

En Morelos emplégase esta planta pa les úlceras y mancaes de la piel. Asina, pa curales prepárase tola planta en fervinchu con alcohol, onde se dexa tola nueche y con ella llava l'área afeutada. Darréu úntase una pomada ellaborada cola planta macerada entemecida con mantega, aceite de ricino y aceite rosáu. En Oaxaca, sicasí, tómase'l fervinchu de les fueyes como purgante.^[3]

Boerhaavia diffusa demostró actividá antibacteriana, principalmente contra bacteries Gram negatives,^[4]^[5] Los estractos de les fueyes de Boerhaavia diffusa amosaron propiedaes antioxidantes y hepatoprotectoras en modelos farmacolóxicos.^[6] Punarnavine, un alcaloide aislláu de Boerhaavia diffusa demostróse in vitro anticanceroso,^[7] antiestrogénico,^[8] antiamebiano^[9] y con actividá inmunolóxica.^[10]

Taxonomía

Boerhavia diffusa describióse por Carlos Linneo y espublizóse en Species Plantarum 1: 3. 1753.^[11]

Sinonimia

Axia cochinchinensis Lour.
Boerhavia adscendens Willd.
Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.
Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl
Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl.
Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata Moscoso
Boerhavia friesii Heimerl
Boerhavia paniculata Rich.
Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.
Boerhavia xerophila Domin^[12]

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Referencies

↑ Jarald Y., Nalwaya N., Sheeja Y., Ahmad S., Jamalludin S. "Comparative study on diuretic activity of few medicinal plants in individual form and in combination form." Indian Drugs 2010 47:3 (20-24)
↑ «Dispersal to Islands». www.sherwincarlquist.com.
↑ «En Medicina tradicional mexicana». Archiváu dende l'orixinal, el 2013-06-10.
↑ Wagh S., Vidhale N.N.,"Antimicrobial efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa against some human pathogenic bacteria and fungi" Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010 7:1 (267-272)
↑ Wagh S., Vidhale N.N. "Antimicrobial efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa against some human pathogenic bacteria and fungi" Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010 7:1 (267-272)
↑ Olaleye M.T., Akinmoladun A.C., Ogunboye A.A., Akindahunsi A.A.,"Antioxidant activity and hepatoprotective property of leaf extracts of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn against acetaminophen-induced liver damage in rats." Food and Chemical Toxicology 2010 48:8-9 (2200-2205)
↑ Manu K.A., Kuttan G. "Punarnavine induces apoptosis in B16F-10 melanoma cells by inhibiting NF-kappaB signaling." Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 2009 10:6 (1031-1037)
↑ Sreeja S., Sreeja S. "An in vitro study on antiproliferative and antiestrogenic effects of Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts" Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2009 126:2 (221-225)
↑ Sohni YR. Kaimal P. Bhatt RM.,"The antiamoebic effect of a crude drug formulation of herbal extracts against Entamoeba histolytica in vitro and in vivo". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 45(1):43-52, 1995 Jan.
↑ Manu K.A., Kuttan G."Immunomodulatory activities of Punarnavine, an alkaloid from Boerhaavia diffusa" Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2009 31:3 (377-387)
↑ «Boerhavia diffusa». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultáu'l 6 de febreru de 2013.
↑ Boerhavia diffusa en PlantList

Enllaces esternos

Tropical Plant Database
Boerhavia diffusa on

ibiblio * Caldecott, Todd (2006). Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life. Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 0-7234-3410-7. Contains a detailed monograph on Boerhavia diffusa (Punarnava) as well as a discussion of health benefits and usage in clinical practice. Available online at http://www.toddcaldecott.com/index.php/herbs/learning-herbs/323-punarnava Archiváu 2011-06-16 en Wayback Machine

[1] Jarald Y., Nalwaya N., Sheeja Y., Ahmad S., Jamalludin S. "Comparative study on diuretic activity of few medicinal plants in individual form and in combination form." Indian Drugs 2010 47:3 (20-24)

[carlquist-2] «Dispersal to Islands». www.sherwincarlquist.com.

[3] «En Medicina tradicional mexicana». Archiváu dende l'orixinal, el 2013-06-10.

[4] Wagh S., Vidhale N.N.,"Antimicrobial efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa against some human pathogenic bacteria and fungi" Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010 7:1 (267-272)

[5] Wagh S., Vidhale N.N. "Antimicrobial efficacy of Boerhaavia diffusa against some human pathogenic bacteria and fungi" Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 2010 7:1 (267-272)

[6] Olaleye M.T., Akinmoladun A.C., Ogunboye A.A., Akindahunsi A.A.,"Antioxidant activity and hepatoprotective property of leaf extracts of Boerhaavia diffusa Linn against acetaminophen-induced liver damage in rats." Food and Chemical Toxicology 2010 48:8-9 (2200-2205)

[7] Manu K.A., Kuttan G. "Punarnavine induces apoptosis in B16F-10 melanoma cells by inhibiting NF-kappaB signaling." Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 2009 10:6 (1031-1037)

[8] Sreeja S., Sreeja S. "An in vitro study on antiproliferative and antiestrogenic effects of Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts" Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2009 126:2 (221-225)

[9] Sohni YR. Kaimal P. Bhatt RM.,"The antiamoebic effect of a crude drug formulation of herbal extracts against Entamoeba histolytica in vitro and in vivo". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 45(1):43-52, 1995 Jan.

[10] Manu K.A., Kuttan G."Immunomodulatory activities of Punarnavine, an alkaloid from Boerhaavia diffusa" Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2009 31:3 (377-387)

[Trop-11] «Boerhavia diffusa». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultáu'l 6 de febreru de 2013.

[12] Boerhavia diffusa en PlantList

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