author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy,
and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
Synonym
Asclepias sinaica (Boiss.) Muschl., Man. Fl. Egypt 753 (1912); Boulos, Fl. EgyptEgypt 2: 220 (2000).
Syn. Gomphocarpus sinaicus Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 11: 80(1849).
Hargal Barri حرجل بري
family name
ASCLEPIADACEA
genus name
Asclepias
Several cardenolides have been isolated from G. sinaicus, growing in Egypt:xysmalogenin, and uzarigenin and the glycosides calotropin, 5,6-dehydrocalotropin, 3′-epiafroside,14β,17α-epoxy-5,6-dehydrocalotropin (189) and 15β-hydroxycalotropin (190) (ElAskary et al., 1993), 17α-hydroxy-5,6-dehydrocalotropin
The defatted ethanolic extract of G. sinaicus caused a significant reduction in the volume of the rat paw indicating considerable anti-inflammatory activity. Also, the extract at high dose improved glucose, liver enzyme and lipid components in diabetic rats (El Batran et al., 2005).
Egyptian milkweed latex extract and pineapple fruit extract, containing fruit bromelain exhibited potent anthelmintic effect against the gastrointestinal nematode, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, in vitro (Stepek et al., 2005).
A. sinaica methanol extract was found to have cytotoxic activity at three different concentrations (1, 10 and 100 mg/ml) against human lymphoma U-937 GTB (El-Seedi et al., 2013).
location
egypt