Piliostigma thonningii is being used in nigerian traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases including gastric ulcer. Ethnobotanical study of plants used in the management of. Phytochemical screening and in vitro antimalarial activity article pdf available in african journal of microbiology research 49. The various local sources of the plant were identified for the collection of. The present study aimed to assess the contribution of piliostigma species to soil quality improvement. Pdf preliminary studies on piliostigma thonningii seeds. Piliostigma comprises the following species piliostigma foveolatum dalzell thoth piliostigma malabaricum roxb. Recent studies on extracts from solanum aculeastrum and piliostigma thonningii revealed interesting antimycoplasmal activities hence the motivation to. Leguminosaecaesalpinioideae is a plant used for medicinal purposes in many african countries. Piliostigma thonningii leaf and support the traditional uses of the plant for the treatment of gastric ulcer. It belongs to the subfamily cercidoideae and the tribe bauhinieae species. It can be propagated by sowing scarified seeds or seeds soaked in hot water overnight or slightly roasted.
Phytochemical and bioactivity studies on free shipping on qualified orders. The powdered bark of the young stem and the pods are applied as dressing for wounds. Dry and mature tree fruits are a potential source of protein for goats in the semiarid areas of southern africa, but their chemical composition and feeding value is largely unknown. It belongs to the subfamily cercidoideae common names of this tree include camels foot tree, monkey bread, monkey biscuit tree, rhodesian bauhinia and wild bauhinia. In central burkina faso, piliostigma reticulatum is a more and more adopted agroforestry species by farmers but is increasingly over exploited because of the use of its pods as forage. During the production of dryyam, yams were treated with varied quantities of fresh and dried leaves, used singly and or combined form. The complete matrix was checked by eye and alignments were corrected to ensure that all sequences were aligned with respect to the orf.
This can usually be done by pouring a small amount of nearly boiling water on the seeds being careful not to cook them. The assemblage of different parts of this plant has been found traditionally useful. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. In this work the 95% ethanol extract of the nigerian piliostigma thonningii known traditionally to possess a number of medicinal properties was screened for antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials as well as identified its chemical constituents.
Different parts of the plant have been used traditionally for the treatment of various diseases in humans and animals djuma, 2003. The bark is rough and fissured, dark brown to black. Ocimum gratissimum, piliostigma thonningii, securidaca longipedunculata. Access is allocated within two business days of purchase and lasts one year. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The leaves are glossy, bilobed, reticulated, 1517 cm long.
On this background, the effect of aqueous leaf extract of the plant on the lipid profile of physiologically normal rats was examined. Therefore, understanding its phenology and fructification becomes urgent for a better management of existing parks. Bauhinia thonningii is a legume tree 4 to 15 m high, with a round crown. Nonfood products, species names and collection scores. Iron nanoparticles have gained tremendous attention due to their application in magnetic storage media, ferrofluids, biosensors, catalysts, separation processes, environmental remediation and antibacterial activity. Issued as a pdf on the internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in benin. A new subfamily classification of the leguminosae based on. Galactosespecific lectin coding protein was detected by optimized polymerase chain reaction using a primer pair lec5 forward and lec6 reverse. Journal of south african botany volume 1976 42 published under the authority of the. These molecules are likely responsible for the hypolipidaemic activities elicited by the plant in this study.
Pharmacological effects of piliostigma thoningii leaf. The effect of local preservatives abafe piliostigma thonningii and agehu khaya ivorensis leaves on the pasting property of traditional dryyam gbodo was studied. We quantified organic carbon, total nitrogen, soil microbial biomass, soil. Growing piliostigma thonningii it can be propagated by sowing scarified seeds or seeds soaked in hot water overnight or slightly roasted. The leaves are believed to have expectorant property, and are used in infusions or chewed for chest complaints, diarrhoea, amnesia and anxiety dalziel, 1937. Examples of these species are combretum glutinosum, piliostigma thonningii. Nephroprotective effect of piliostigma thonningii extract.
Pdf effects of nigerian piliostigma thonningii species. Dichrostachys cinerea, faidherbia albida, piliostigma thonningii. Nyeriembu district saganaembu, june 1941, bally 1487. Piliostigma in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Piliostigma thonningii is a deciduous tree with a single stem. Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics linked to piliostigma. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. A2 1department of medical biochemistry, cross river university of technology, okuku campus, p. Ethnobotanical study of plants used in the management of hiv. Piliostigma thonningii is a deciduous or evergreen shrub or tree with a rounded crown. This present study is aimed at ascertaining the effect of ethanol extract of p.
This study presents the chemical composition and in vitro fermentation of indehiscent whole fruits and separated seed and hull fractions from acacia nilotica, acacia erubescens, acacia sieberiana, acacia erioloba. Acute oral toxicity and antiulcer activity of piliostigma. Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of piliostigma. Pdf phytochemical study of piliostigma thonningii, a. Phytochemical study of piliostigma thonningii, a medicinal plant. It can withstand drought and grows well in a frost free area. Pdf aphrodisiac effect of ethanol extract of piliostigma. Phytochemical study of piliostigma thonningii, a medicinal. Piliostigma thonningii is one of the plants with diverse ethnomedical and economic applications igoli et al. Leguminosae is used for various medicinal purposes in african countries. Hepactoprotective effect of piliostigma thonningii leaves. Piliostigma thonningii is rich in flavonoids, tannins and alkaloids, and antioxidant molecules such as c, e, and betacarotene.
In the sudanosahelian zone of burkina faso, piliostigma reticulatum dc hochst and piliostigma thonningii schumach are precursor species of fallow land colonization and they are used by rural villagers. Piliostigma thonningii african biscuit musekesa 4 4 0 8 dichrostachys cinerea mupangara 3 1 1 5 tsokotsiana 0 0 1 1 muhunga 1 0 0 1 pfubvudza 1 0 0 1 star grass 1 0 0 1 green glass 1 0 0 1 total feed 11 5 2 18 table a3. Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, fabaceae. Novel lectin gene was isolated from the seeds of an indigenous plant piliostigma thonningii ptl using zymo research plantseed kit. Chemical composition and in vitro fermentation of tannin. Phyllanthus amarus aerial juice anti bacterial, antifungal 68 52. As a result, people have resulted to using parts of this plant in the management or treatment of different types of diseases.
This page was last edited on 15 august 2019, at 05. The leaves are sometimes cooked in water, then the water is. Pdf preliminary studies on piliostigma thonningii schum. Phenology and fruit production of piliostigma reticulatum. Piliostigma thonningii has been used for different and several medicinal purposes. Review article toxicity profile of traditional herbal medicine. Piliostigma thonningii is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, fabaceae. Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record view all images 21. Pdf qualitative determination of chemical and nutritional composition of piliostigma thonningii, an underexploited crop seed in nigeria, was.
Entada pursaetha,toddalia aculeata, and ziziphus mauritiana seed, stem, fruit ethanolic arthritis 70 54. Piliostigma thonningii is a medicinal plant with proven antimalarial, anticough, antisnake, antiinflammatory and antihelmintic potentials. Identity of the groundnut and tamarind seedbeetles horizon ird. Effect of aqueous leaf extract of piliostigma thonningii. The extract also simultaneously produced elevated level of hdl cholesterol. The two savanna species, bridelia ferruginea and piliostigma thonningii, had very similar responses, with traits compatible with frequent fires. This page was last edited on 18 december 2019, at 16. Preliminary studies on piliostigma thonningii schum leaf extract. Effects of nigerian piliostigma thonningii species leaf.
Leucas aspera aerial ethanolic antifungal, antimicrobial 69 53. The oneworld medicine concept attempts to merge the best of traditional medicine from developing countries and conventional western medicine for the sake of patients around the globe. This name is a synonym of bauhinia thonningii schum the record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as a synonym record 1669. Antituberculous, antimicrobial, cytotoxicity and phytochemical activity study of piliostigma thonningii extract fractions. Aphrodisiac effect of ethanol extract of piliostigma. Twenty 20 male wistar albino rats ranging from180200g were randomly.
Piliostigma thonningii, leaf, fractions, antiulcer, acute toxicity introduction an ulcer is basically an inflamed break in the skin or mucus membrane lining the alimentary tract. Please note that this is a trial program and may end. Pdf green synthesis of iron nanoparticles using flower. Agglutination reaction for confirmation of the lectin was performed using chicken erythrocytes. It is ideal as a pavement tree for screening the traffic noise. The flowering and fructification stages of two populations 41 trees of 10 years old obtained. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. Understanding movement patterns and resource needs of kamuku elephants along migration routes in nigeria 5 37 piliostigma thonningii schum. It is known locally as abefe in yoruba, kalgo in hausa, okpoatu in igbo, nyihar in tiv, omepa in igede,ejeijei in igala, obepa in yala and kidakpam in obudu languages rabo and sanusi, 2001. Pdf antituberculous, antimicrobial, cytotoxicity and phytochemical. Agroforestry parkland species diversity wur edepot. They look like camels foot and account for the tree common names camels foot or kameelspoor sanbi, 2010. Nephroprotective effect of piliostigma thonningii extract on pregnant wistar rats dasofunjo k 1, asuk a a, okwari o.
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