Sesamum indicum Linn.
Habitat Southeastern North America.
contain caffeic, p- coumaric and sinapic acids.
English Sabal, Saw Palmetto.
Action Ripe fruit—diuretic,
urinary antiseptic, antiandrogenic, and antiexudative.
The fruit contains fatty acids, especially capric, caproic, caprylic, launc, myristic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, stearic and palmitic acids; sterols, principally beta-sitosterol and its 3-gluco- side (and fatty acid derivatives), campesterol and stigmasterol; triglycerides; triterpenes; alkanols; polysaccharides; flavonoids; essential oil and anthraniic acid.
Key application In urination
problems due to benign prostatic hyperplasia stages I and II (German Commission E, ESCOP WHO.) (The lipophiic extracts of Saw Palmetto berries are used in France and
Germany for the treatment of BPH. In a study (1999), shrinkage of the epithelial tissue in the transition
zone of the prostate has been
recorded. (Expanded Commission E Monographs.) (For Clinical studies, see ESCOP)
In India, Sabal palmetto Lodd. Ex Roem. & Schult (Sabal or Cabbage Palm) is planted in gardens for ornament. The sweet drupes are eaten as such or cooked for preparing a syrup. Other species of Sabal introduced into Indian gardens are: S. mauritiformis Gniseb. & Wendl., S. mexicana Mart., S. umbracuhfera Mart., and S. minor Pers. The leaves of S. mexicana contain cyanidin. The leaves of S. minor
Sesamum indicum Linn.
Synonym S. orientale Linn. Family Pedaliaceae.
Habitat Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Onissa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.
English Sesame, Gingelly. Ayurvedic Tila, Snehphala.
Unani Kunjad,Til.
Siddha Ellu (seed), Nallennai (oil). Action Seeds—an important
source of protein; also rich in
thiamine and niacine. Nourishing, lactagogue, diuretic, laxative, emollient. Powdered seeds—given internally in amenorrhoea and dysmenorrhoea. (Black seeds are preferred in Indian medicine.) Paste is applied to burns, scalds, piles. Leaves—used in affections of kidney and bladder. Bland mucilage is
