Plants used as abortifacients and emmenagogues by Spanish New Mexicans

Conway, George A.; Slocumb, John C.

doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(79)80014-8

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“…Chiasson et al (2004a, b), Bostanian et al (2005) and Tapondjou et al (2002) reported acaricidal and insecticidal of D. ambrosioides Eos. Some other authors demonstrated other properties such as antiviral, antimalarial, molliscidal, antitumoral, nematocide, emmenagogue, abortifiant, antifungal and antioxidant activities (Ruffa et al, 2002;Pollack et al, 1990;Hmamouchi et al, 2000;Flavia et al, 2005;Cruz et al, 2007;McDonald et al, 2004;Càceres et al, 1991;Conway & Slocumb, 1979;Kishore et al, 1996;Lall & Meyer, 1999;Kumar et al, 2006;Nascimento et al, 2005;Kilks, 1985;Kiyuchi et al, 2002). Kishore et al (1996) reported essential oils of D. ambrosioides leaves as fungicidal in nature, it exhibited a broad antimycotic spectrum against the dermatophytes Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum audouinii at a concentration of 50 ppm.…”

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of crude, aqueous, ethanol extracts and essential oils ofDysphania ambrosioides(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Boutkhil

Idrissi

Amechrouq

et al. 2009

Acta Botanica Gallica

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Abstract.-Crude, aqueous, ethanol extracts and essential oils of aerial parts of Dysphania ambrosioides were investigated for their in vitro antimicrobial properties. The plant was collected from Agouray village near Meknès city of Morocco. D. ambrosioides is widely used as traditional folk medicine in Morocco. The main components in the oil were α-terpinene (61.04%), 4-carene (13.55%) and pcymene (12.94%). The antimicrobial activity was evaluated against 12 microorganisms using the disc-diffusion assay, well in agar method, minimal inhibition concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) values. The different extracts tested had no antimicrobial effect against the test microorganisms whereas the essential oil had inhibitory effects on the growth of bacteria, yeasts and fungi.

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of crude, aqueous, ethanol extracts and essential oils ofDysphania ambrosioides(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Boutkhil

Idrissi

Amechrouq

et al. 2009

Acta Botanica Gallica

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“…The seed and fruit contain a large amount of essential oil which has a main active compound in it called ascaridole. Herb C. ambrosioides is a plant widely known in popular medicine as antihelminthic, vermifuge, emmenagogue and abortifacient 11,12 . It is used for the treatment of digestive, respiratory, uro-genital, vascular and nervous disorders, for metabolic disturbances such as diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, and as sedative, antipyretic and antirrheumatic 13 .…”

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Ascaridole and Related Peroxides From the Genus Chenopodium

Dembitsky¹,

Shkrob²,

Hanŭs³

2008

Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub

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Aim: Detection of monoterpenoid ascaridole and other terpenoids in the genus Chenopodium from the East Mediterranean.Method: Distribution of ascaridole in leaves of 13 species medicinal plant belonging to the genus Chenopodium was examined with the help of the GC-MS method.Results: cis-Ascaridole was found as a major peroxy monoterpenoid (up to 46.9 %) in the oil. Three minor isomers: cis-isoascaridole (1.1-6.4 %), trans-ascaridole (1-2 %), and trans-isoascaridole (1-2 %) were also detected. The biological activities and biosynthesis of ascaridole are further discussed. Conclusions:The results on Ascaridol and the major volatiles and semi-volatiles of wild species belonging to the genus Chenopodium provide important information on biologically active monoterpenoid compounds and volatile metabolites biosynthesized in wild medicinal plants growing in the East Mediterranean.

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“…The effects described were: diuretic, healing (Mendes et al, 2008), antiulcer (Raghav et al, 2006), antispasmodic, sedative and used in treatment of pain like toothache, pain in joints, headache and fever (Conway and Slocumb, 1979;San Miguel, 2003;Rodrigues et al, 2010;Khouri and El-Akawi, 2005;Raghav et al, 2006), and also antirheumatic. Studies have shown that Rue has potent anti-inflammatory activity due to the presence of the flavonoid rutin, which decreases nitric oxide production in macrophages inoculated without showing cytotoxicity (Raghav et al, 2006).…”

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Analgesic activity of Ruta graveolens L. (Rue) extracts

Cunha¹,

Melo²,

Magri³

et al. 2015

Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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The knowledge of pharmacological activity is mainly derived from the use that the population makes of plants. Rue (Ruta graveolens L.) is popularly used with a degree of mysticism due to its antiinflammatory, healing, sedative and antispasmodic characteristics. In an attempt to confirm the wellknown analgesic effects, the present study evaluated Rue extracts in animal models. Two organic extracts were produced and orally administered to mice, approximately 30 min before the tail immersion test in warm water (55 ± 0.5°C). The results reveal a small chronic analgesic effect and a high effect in acute essay (62.1% of pain inhibition) especially observed in the hexane extract, supporting the hypothesis of the use of this plant as having analgesic activity. However, the reports of the population about its analgesic activity should be caused also by its anti-inflammatory characteristics and the presence of compounds related in literature as analgesics. Further experiments should be done to better determine the dose-response analgesic effect of R. graveolens extracts.

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Plants used as abortifacients and emmenagogues by Spanish New Mexicans

Cited by 117 publications

References 14 publications

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of crude, aqueous, ethanol extracts and essential oils ofDysphania ambrosioides(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of crude, aqueous, ethanol extracts and essential oils ofDysphania ambrosioides(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Ascaridole and Related Peroxides From the Genus Chenopodium

Analgesic activity of Ruta graveolens L. (Rue) extracts

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