Details of Plants:Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis

Plant details

Family: Acanthaceae
Phytochemicals

Betulic acid
Lupeol
Vasicine
pyrroloquinazoline Alkaloid.
β-Sitosterol
NE-statewise availability

Assam
Mizoram
Vernacular Name

Mizoram: Khumtiangkohha
Assam: Teethaphool
Ailments cured

Abdominal pain
Ulcer
Plant parts used and methods

Root: Paste applied topically
Shoot: Taken orally
Plant References

Rai. P. K; Lalramnghinglova. H; Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, North East India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 4(13), 1301-1307, 2010

Purkayatha.J; et al. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve of Northeast India, Fitoterapia 76, 121 – 127, 2005.

Phytochemical References

Saikia, D; et al. Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of leaf extract of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees.-a medicinal plant of Assam, India. Biosci Discov 9.2: 237-43, 2018.