Tephrosia purpurea Linn (Sharpunkha, Wild Indigo): A Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Studies

Dalwadi, Pankti; Patel, Jigisha L.; Patani, Pragnesh

doi:10.30750/ijpbr.2.1.18

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“…Tephrosia purpurea is a highly branched suberect herbaceous perennial, about 1.5 m in height with spreading branches [ 80 ]. The plant grows abundantly in the upper Gangetic plains, and western Himalayas.…”

Section: Common Species and Their Insecticidal Activitiesmentioning

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Plants in the Genus Tephrosia: Valuable Resources for Botanical Insecticides

Zhang

Qin

Chen

et al. 2020

Insects

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Synthetic insecticides are effective in controlling insect pests but can also harm nontarget organisms and the environment. During the last 40 years, there has been an increasing interest in alternative insecticides, particularly those derived from plants, commonly known as botanical insecticides. However, commercially available botanical insecticides remain limited. Rotenone is one of the earliest identified compounds and was used as fish poison and pest management. Due to its link with Parkinson disease, the use of rotenone was banned in many developed countries. Rotenone used to be isolated from Derris spp. and Lonchocarpus spp., and it can also be isolated from Tephrosia species. In this article, we present basic botanical information on selected Tephrosia species and their major compounds related to insecticidal activities and highlight the current use of extracts derived from some species, Tephrosia vogelii in particular, for control of insect pests in stored grains and crop production. The crude extracts contain multiple bioactive compounds, mainly rotenone, deguelin, rotenolone, and tephrosin, which act in either additive or synergistic fashion, resulting in effective control of insect pests. There are about 400 species in the genus Tephrosia, and species and even strains or variants vary greatly in these active compounds. We argue that a systematic evaluation of bioactive compounds in different species are needed, and species or strains with high insecticidal activities should be selected for use in the sustainable control of insect pests.

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Section: Common Species and Their Insecticidal Activitiesmentioning

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Plants in the Genus Tephrosia: Valuable Resources for Botanical Insecticides

Zhang

Qin

Chen

et al. 2020

Insects

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“…This perennial herb is an ingredient in traditional herbal formulations for hepatitis [ 4 ] and exhibits several hepatoprotective activities, including antimicrobial [ 5 ], wound-healing [ 6 ], antiulcer [ 7 ], immunomodulatory [ 8 ], and anticancer [ 9 ] activities. The plant is used commonly as an anti-inflammatory agent in the traditional Indian system of medicine [ 4 ]. Several phytochemicals have been isolated from T. purpurea , and their medicinal uses have been examined.…”

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Phylogenetic Diversity and Antifungal Activity of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Tephrosia purpurea

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Sixty-one endophytic fungus strains with different colony morphologies were isolated from the leaves, stems and roots of Tephrosia purpurea with colonization rates of 66.95%, 37.50%, and 26.92%, respectively. Based on internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis, 61 isolates were classified into 16 genera belonging to 3 classes under the phylum Ascomycota. Of the 61 isolates, 6 (9.84%) exhibited antifungal activity against one or more indicator plant pathogenic fungi according to the dual culture test. Isolate TPL25 had the broadest antifungal spectrum of activity, and isolate TPL35 was active against 5 plant pathogenic fungi. Furthermore, culture filtrates of TPL25 and TPL35 exhibited greater than 80% growth inhibition against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. We conclude that the endophytic fungal strains TPL25 and TPL35 are promising sources of bioactive compounds.

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“…(Fabaceae), also commonly known as “sarpunkha” and “wild indigo”, is a perennial herb widely grown in India, Ceylon, Mauritius, tropical Africa and subtropical regions. Various parts of this plant have been used as tonic, laxative, and diuretic as well as for the treatment of bronchitis, bilious febrile attack, boils, pimples, diarrhea, gonorrhea, rheumatism, and disease of heart, spleen, and blood in Ayurvedic medical system [ 100 ]. In addition, T. purpurea has been used in the Unani medical system for the treatment of skin and other disorders associated with morbid blood, and also used as an important ingredient in blood purifier formulations [ 101 ].…”

Section: Phytochemical Studies On Traditional Herbal Medicines Used In Bangladeshmentioning

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Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines based on the ethnopharmacological information obtained by field studies

Tanaka

Kashiwada

2021

J Nat Med

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Traditional herbal medicines, which have been used in the matured traditional medical systems as well as those have been used in ethnic medical systems, are invaluable resources of drug seeds. Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological survey may provide useful information of these herbal medicines, which are valuable for searching new bioactive molecules. From this viewpoint, we have been performing the ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological field studies in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, and Mongolia. Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines were performed based on the information obtained by our ethnobotanical survey. Herbal medicines used in Uzbekistan and Bangladesh were also investigated on the basis of the ethnopharmacological information obtained from collaborative researchers in the respective regions. Some studies were carried out for searching active substance(s) based on bioassay-guided fractionation and isolation. Over 150 new molecules were isolated in these studies, and their various biological activities were also demonstrated. This review summarizes the results of phytochemical studies of those traditional herbal medicines as well as biological activities of the isolated molecules. Graphic abstract

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Tephrosia purpurea Linn (Sharpunkha, Wild Indigo): A Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Studies

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

Plants in the Genus Tephrosia: Valuable Resources for Botanical Insecticides

Plants in the Genus Tephrosia: Valuable Resources for Botanical Insecticides

Phylogenetic Diversity and Antifungal Activity of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Tephrosia purpurea

Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines based on the ethnopharmacological information obtained by field studies

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