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| CANCERILLO |
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: curassavica
Common names: Oficial de Sala, Cotton Bush, Blood Flower,
Algodon De Seda, Brujidera, Cancerillo, Herbe Madame Bouvin, Herbe Mme Bouvin,
Ipeca D' Haiti, Ipecacuanha, Kakanasa, Malcasadak, Marjan, Mata Cavaille, Qan
Chichegi, To-Wata, Viborrana, Zahrat Ad Damm, Bunga mas (Golden flower) |  |
| DESCRIPTION |
Properties/Actions: |
Anthelmintic, Antifungal, Astringent,
Cardiotonic, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Emetic, Hemostat, Purgative,
Styptic, Sudorific, Vermifuge, Vulnerary |
Phytochemicals: |
Alpha-mannosidase, Alpha-galactosidase,
Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, Asclepin,
Beta-fucosidase |
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Showy
perennial to 1 m with woody base, stems with milky sap; oblanceolate leaves 5-15
cm long, the flowers in umbels with reflexed, 5 parted corolla brilliant
red-purple, exposing the crown of 5 orange horned hoods.
Root extracts are used as an emetic and laxative. Leaf juice is used to kill
intestinal parasitic worms and to hasten sweating during fevers. Flower juice
has been used to stop bleeding. Chinese villagers brush dogs with twigs to repel
fleas. |
| COUNTRY |
ETHNOBOTANY WORLDWIDE
USES |
Brazil |
Poison |
Costa Rica |
Wart |
Dominican Republic |
Emetic, Fever, Vulnerary |
Elsewhere |
Ache(Head), Adulterant, Anthelmintic, Diaphoretic,
Dysentery, Emetic, Gonorrhea, Headache, Hemostat, Leprosy, Pile,
Purgative, Sternutatory, Styptic, Sudorific, Tumor(Abdomen),
Vermifuge |
Haiti |
Depurative, Emetic, Fever, Pectoral, Poison(Veterinary) |
Mexico |
Cancer, Emetic, Poison, Purgative, Rabies, Sore,
Sternutatory, Tuberculosis, Vermifuge |
Samoa |
Emetic, Poison |
Trinidad |
Sore, Venereal |
Turkey |
Astringent, Emetic, Hemostat, Purgative, Vermifuge |
Venezuela |
Astringent, Caries, Leprosy, Leucorrhea,
Purgative |
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| Clinical References: |
- Chakraborty S, 1995 Corneal edema due to Asclepias curassavica Arch
Ophthalmol 113(8), 974-975 (1995)
- Jain SK, 1994 Ethnobotany and research on medicinal plants in India. Ciba
Found Symp 185, 153-164 (1994)
- Giordani R, 1991 Glycosidic activities of Candida albicans after action of
vegetable latex saps (natural antifungals) and isoconazole (synthetic
antifungal). Mycoses 34(1-2), 67-73 (1991)
- Moulin-Traffort J, 1990 Antifungal action of latex saps from Lactuca
sativa L. and Asclepias curassavica L. Mycoses 33(7-8), 383-392 (1990)
- Radford DJ, 1986 Naturally occurring cardiac glycosides. Med J Aust
144(10), 540-544 (1986)
- Chiu FC, 1985 Conformational factors in cardiac glycoside activity. J Med
Chem 28(4), 509-515 (1985)
- Lynn KR, 1980 Homologies of the N-terminal sequences of asclepains and
papain. Biochim Biophys Acta 624(2), 579-580 (1980)
- Lynn KR, 1980 Multiple forms of the asclepains. Cysteinyl proteases from
milkweed. Biochim Biophys Acta 612(1), 119-125 (1980)
- Conway GA, 1979 Plants used as abortifacients and emmenagogues by Spanish
New Mexicans. J Ethnopharmacol 1(3), 241-261 (1979)
- Patnaik GK, 1978 Pharmacological investigation on asclepin--a new
cardenolide from Asclepias curassavica. Part II. Comparative studies on the
inotropic and toxic effects of asclepin, g-strophantin, digoxin and
digitoxin). Arzneimittelforschung 28(8), 1368-1372 (1978)
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