author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Ibrahim A. El-Garf and Husseiny A. H. Elgendy
Synonym
- Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. In Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15, 5: 564 (1919); Boulos, Fl. Egypt 1: 138 (1999).
- Syn. Achyranthes lanata L., Sp. Pl., ed. 1, 204 (1753).
- Eigab (Ar) عيجاب
family name
AMARANTHACEAE
genus name
Aerva
- Proximate Composition and Carbohydrates
- Lipids, Steroids and Terpenoids
- Flavonoids and Other Phenolics
- Alkaloids
- Other Constituents
Aerva lanata is used in traditional medicine as diuretic, anthelmintic, expectorant, refrigerant, sudorfic, stimulant, vermifuge, in lithiasis, cough and in treatment of headache and kidney troubles.
It is also used in arsenic poisoning (Chopra et al., 1956; Wassel and Ammar, 1987; Chandra and Sastry, 1990; Chowdhury et al., 2002; Manokaran et al., 2008; Varghese et al., 2010), antidote snake bite (Pandikumar et al., 2011), stopping haemorrhage during pregnancy, …..
location
egypt