The best extracting solvents was ethanol which can result in the high productivity of saponin, good quality of saponin colour and. Pdf antioxidant and anticancer potentials of rheum. Phytoconstituents and therapeutic uses of rheum emodi wall. Estimation of anthraquinones and their glycosides from. Isolation of total saponins from sapindus mukorossi gaerth. The renal effects of watersoluble ws and waterinsoluble wins portions of the alcoholic extract of revand hindi rheum emodi were investigated on cadmium chloride, mercuric chloride, potassium dichromate and gentamicininduced nephrotoxicity in rats and normal rats by monitoring the levels of urea nitrogen and creatinine in serum. Effect of rheum emodi revand hindi on renal functions in. Hepatoprotective effect of rheum emodi roots revand chini. Habitat subalpine himalayas, from kashmir to sikkim at altitudes of 3,3005,200 m also cultivated. Rheum in annotated checklist of the flowering plants of. Rheum cordatum losinsk polygonaceae growing in kazakhstan. Antioxidant and anticancer potentials of rheum emodi rhizome extracts article pdf available in evidencebased complementary and alternative medicine 20111741427x. The anthraquinone glycosides were more abundant than their aglycone constituents viz.
Effects on signal transduction parameters studied providing a plausible mechanism of action of the plant extract. Antioxidant activities of stilbenoids from rheum emodi wall. Onehundred grams of powdered form of roots was obtained mechanically with a china herb. Estimation of anthraquinones and their glycosides from rhizomes of rheum emodi volume. Media in category rheum australe the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Rheum emodi green earth products pvt ltd exporter in. Himalayan rhubarb, indian rhubarb, rheum australe, redveined pie plant type of. Morphological characteristics rewand chini is a perennial stout herb, 1. Medicinal natural product research laboratory, department of pharmaceutical sciences and technology, institute of chemical technology, nathalal parekh marg, matunga, mumbai 400019, india.
Rhubarb rheum emodi, family polygonaceae has been traditionally used as diuretic, liver stimulant, purgativecathartic, stomachic, anticholesterolaemic, antitumour, antiseptic and tonic. Antioxidant and anticancer potentials of rheum emodi. A number of anthraquinone derivatives including emodin, aloeemodin, physcion, chrysophanol, rhein, emodin glycoside and chrysophanol glycoside occur as the main chemical constituents. Pdf antifungal activity of anthraquinone derivatives. Rheum compactum, rheum cordatum, rheum coreanum, rheum darwazicum, rheum delavayi, rheum emodi himalayan rhubarb. It is obtained from rheum emodi indian rhubarb or rheum webbianum chinese rhubarb belonging to family polygonaceae. Kabir dar a, siddiqui maa, wahidul h, lone ah, manzoor n, et al. The optika digital microscopes dm are equipped with a camera which is integrated in the head of the microscope, as well as the traditional characteristics of quality and robustness. Research highlights the immuneenhancing activity of rheum emodi ethyl acetate rhizome extract studied on the cell lines. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Rheum emodi an indian variety of the chinese rhubarb plays a vital role in traditional chinese and indian forms of medicine. Seeds of rheum emodi, a threatened medicinal plant of northwestern himalaya collected from natural populations at the different regions of high altitude were germinated under different conditions by giving. It is in flower from june to july, and the seeds ripen from july to august. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by wind. Rheum emodi polygonaceae, a multipurpose medicinal herb is a rich repository of pharmacologically active secondary metabolites known as anthraquinones. Grown throughout the valleys in himalayan region at altitude of 3200m. The distribution of this plant is confined to the himalayan region, covering the areas of india kashmir and sikkim, bhutan, nepal, pakistan, myanmar, and china. Rheum emodi asian herb himalayan rhubarb, redveined pie plant, rheum australe, indian rhubarb genus rheum, rheum. It has been used in various traditional systems as laxative, tonic, diuretic and to treat fever, cough. Also, it is found in leaflets of cassia anngustifolia as a minor constituent belonging to family leguminosae. Himalayan rhubarb, indian rhubarb, thuzna, revat chinni parts used.
Both rheum emodi and podophyllum hexandrum inhibited the bacteria and the fungal strains with zone of inhibition ranging between 0. The objective of this study was to determine antioxidant and cytotoxic efficacies of methanolic and aqueous extracts of rheum emodi wall. Amin2, maqsood ahmad 1 and alamgeer 1 department of pharmacy, university of sargodha, sargodha40100, pakistan. Rheum australe is a perennial growing to 3 m 9ft by 1. It is also reported to be a potent antiinflammatory drug. Powdered rhizomes are sprinkled over ulcers for quick healing. Antioxidant activities of stilbenoids from rheum emodi wall article pdf available in evidencebased complementary and alternative medicine 20121.
The plant majorly consists of pharmacologically and therapeutically significant free 1,8dihydroxy anthraquinones and their glycosides. Rheum emodi definition of rheum emodi by the free dictionary. Information on innovative procedures and medicines of ccrum. Abstractinternational union for conservation of nature iucn committee for threatened plant species indicates that one in ten species of vascular plants on the earth is endangered or threatened due to commercial exploitation and international trade. A taxonomic genus within the family polygonaceae the rhubarbs.
Rheum emodi is an important medicinal plant, which finds an extensive use in ayurveda and unani systems of medicine 7. Rheum emodi synonyms, rheum emodi pronunciation, rheum emodi translation, english dictionary definition of rheum emodi. Pdf antioxidant activities of stilbenoids from rheum. Rheum australe himalayan rhubarb pfaf plant database. Rheum australe, synonym rheum emodi, is a flowering plant in the family polygonaceae. An optimisation of extraction towards an increased antioxidant capacity and the study on the extracts composition by hplcesiqtofms were performed on different organs of a rarely studied plant. It is a medicinal herb used in the indian unani system of medicine, and formerly in the european system of medicine where it was traded as indian rhubarb. The study has been carried out to investigate the effects of single factors such as solvents extraction temperature, times, solidliquid ration, and the time of extractions on the yields of saponins present in the pulp of sapindus mukorossi gaerth. More than 20 compounds from anthraquinones and phenolics were identified in an optimised method.
Phytochemical and antioxidant studies on a rare rheum. Colouring component of rheum emodi has close resemblance with a typical anthraquinonoid type disperse dye. Rheum emodi or himalayan rhubarb is a perennial herb belongs to family polygonaceae. Hepatoprotective effect of rheum emodi roots revand chini and akseerejigar against paracetamolinduced hepatotoxicity in rats m.
Rheum emodi wall polygonaceae is a food plant with medicinal value restricted to the temperate, subalpine, and alpine zones of the himalayas in altitudes ranging from 2,800 to 3,800 m. Information and translations of rheum emodi in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Rheum emodi and its adulterant rheum palmatum authentication of unani drug rewand chini rheum emodi and its. Antibacterial activity, plant extracts, rheum emodi, podophyllum hexandrum, bacillus megaterium, pseudomonas aeruginosa introduction. Lettris is a curious tetrisclone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. Materials and methods the roots of rheum emodi wall commonly known as revand chini were purchased from an herbal dealer locally called as pansari. Rheum emodi offered by green earth products pvt ltd, a leading supplier of raw medicinal herbs in greater kailash, part 1, new delhi. Evaluation of anthraquinones from himalayan rhubarb rheum. To make squares disappear and save space for other squares you have to assemble english words left, right, up, down from the falling squares. On this basis, an l9 orthogonal design of experiment was adopted to determine the optimal conditions for the extraction of. Barceloux, md history although the petioles of rhubarb leaves have been a food source in modern times, the dried root or rhizome has been used as a medicinal herb since the third millennium bc. Petiole of basal leaf equal to blade or slightly longer, pubescent.
The company was incorporated in 2005 and is registered with indiamart. Rheum emodi is a stout herb, endemic to the himalayan region distributed in the temperate and subtropical region from kashmir to sikkim at an elevation of 28003000m in india. Anti diabetic medicinal plants open access journals. It grows in the alpine zone on rocky soils, moraines and cervices 20. Photos by the biodiversity of the hengduan mountains project.
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