author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy,
and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
description
Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. ex. Ait. and Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. have been reported to contain cardenolides, pregnanes, flavonoids, triterpenoids, and hydrocarbons.
The chemistry of madar (Calotropis gigantea) and Calotropis procera have been reviewed, and discussed as energy source and sources for manufacturing of chemicals and various materials (e.g. Dhar and Singh, 1971; Vasudevan et al., 1981)
family name
ASCLEPIADACEA
Species count in Egypt
represented in egypt with 1 Specie
- Triterpenes and Related Compounds
- Steroids
- Lipids
- Other Constituents
Calotropis gigantea is used traditionally as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antioxidant,anticonvulsant, antidiarrheal agent (Joshi et al., 2011) and in treatment of asthma (Bulani etal., 2011).
The different extracts of leaves of the same species showed antipyretic and antiinflammatoryactivities which confirmed its traditional uses (Mahatma et al., 2010).
Also theinvestigation of Bulani et al., (2011) confirmed the use of the plant as antiaphylactic and mastcell stabilizing in treatment of asthma.
location
egypt