author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Fahem A. Ahmed and Husseiny A. H. Elgendy
Synonym
Asparagus stipularis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 72 (1775); Boulos, Fl. Egypt 4: 60 (2005).
Syns. Asparagus horridus L. f., Suppl. Pl. 203 (1781); Asparagus stipularis Forssk. var. brachyclados Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 338 (1882); Asparagus stipularis Forssk. var. tenuispinus Holmboe, Veg. Cypr. 52 (1914).
Names: Shouk, Haliyun, Aqoul el-gabal, Serr
family name
ASPARAGACEAE
genus name
Asparagus
Earlier investigation of the roots revealed that the rhizomes containsarsasapogenin (3) (Dávila and Panizo, 1958).
Bedouins in the Mediterranean region (Egypt) use the infusion of the tuberous roots of the plant to remove renal stones, cure syphilis and against headache. Decoction of whole plant is diaphoretic and young tender shoots are used as appetizer, stomachic, diuretic, for jaundice, liver ailments, rheumatism and to treat syphilis.
The plant fried with eggs and camel’s fat to work as spermatogenesis, aphrodisiac, facilitates secretions and releases obstructions. Decoction of the seeds is used for haemorrhoids (Boulos, 1983).
A. stipularis is a wild edible plant (Della et al 2006).
A. stipularis extracts possess antioxidant and weak anticancer activities (Aboul-Enein et al 2012).
Asparagine A, isolated from the plant is anti-schistosomiasis (El-Seedi et al 2012). Aspastipuline (52) exhibited a moderate antiproliferative activity against the human mammary gland adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7(Galala et al., 2015).
The plant extract had antifungal activity (Maswada and Abdallah, 2013).
location
egypt