level in chlorpromazine-induced jaundice in rats and human patients. The ethanolic extract (5 0%) of the plant exhibited hypoglycaemic activity.
The yellow-flowered var. of Devadaali (Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Bihar, Bengal) is equated with Luffa graveolens Roxb.
Dosage Fruit—t—3 g powder.
(CCRAS.)
Lupinus albus Linn.
Luffa echinata Roxb.
Family Cucurbitaceae.
Habitat Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Gujarat.
English Bristly Luffa.
Ayurvedic Devadaali, Devataadaka, Jimuuta, Garaagari, Kothaphala.
Siddha/Tamil Panibira.
Folk Bandaal (Varanasi).
Action Fruit—purgative (intensely bitter and fibrous). An infusion
is given in biliary and intestinal
Family Leguminosae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Cultivated in gardens.
English While Lupine, Wolfsbohne.
Unani Turmus.
Action Seeds—deobstruent, carminative, alterative, anthelmintic. Used as an external application to ulcers.
The seed contains alkaloids d-and dl-lupanine and hydroxylupanine.
The principal alkaloid of Blue Lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) seeds is d-lupanine, also hydroxylupanine.
386 Luvunga eleutherandra Dalz in part.
Yellow Lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) seeds contain lupinine (0.43—0.73%) and sparteine (0.20—0.37%). Seeds are feebly cyanogenetic. Other species of Indian gardens, Lupinus hirsutus Linn. and Lupinus mutabilis Sweet, contain sparteine.
Luvunga eleutherandra
Dalz in part.
Family Rutaceae.
