The edible pulp of the fruit contains
_______ about 12% total sugars and an equal
D) amount of starch; crude protein 2.8, fat 3.9, total carbohydrates 34.1, mineral matter 1.2%; carotene 20, vitamin C 25 mgLlOO g.
The seeds are edible like chestnuts after roasting.
Dysoxylum binectariferum
Hook. f.
Family Meliaceae.
Habitat Assam, Sikkim, Bengal and the Western Ghats.
Siddha/Tamil Agunivagil, Cembil. Folk Lassuni (West Bengal). Action Fruit—anti-inflammatory,
diuretic, CNS depressant.
The bark from mature trees contain 15% tannin and that from young trees
10%.
EtOH (50%) extract of fruit—anti- inflammatory, diuretic and CNS depressant.
The fruit contains a tetranortriterpenoid, dysobinin, a potential CNS depressant and inflammation inhibitor.
The stem bark contains an alkaloid, rohitukine, which exhibited anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory property.
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H
I
Ecballium elaterium A. Rich.
Family Cucurbitaceae.
Habitat Mediterranean region and Western Asia.
English Squirting Cucumber.
Ayurvedic Kantaki Indravaaruni (non-classical).
Folk Kateri Indryaayana, Kitran.
Action Hydragogue; employed for the evacuation of dropsy, especially in nephritic patients. Root—used to treat skin diseases and parasitic scalp diseases; also for scirrhous
eruptions.
Roots, leaves and fruits yield cucurbitacins C, D, E, G, H and I. Fruit juice gave cucurbitacins B, L and Rand their derivatives. Cucurbitacins (tetracyclic triterpene glycosides) are toxic constituents of the
