Tinospora cordifolia

habitat,habit , useful parts , morphology and anatomy of useful parts,phytochemicals present and pharmaceutical uses of Tinospora cordifolia.

2. TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA
•HABITAT–DISTRIBUTEDTHROUGHOUTINDIA
•HABIT–
CLIMBING SHRUB(CLIMBS OVER THE HIGHEST TREES)
BRANCHES WITH DOWNWARD AERIAL ROOTS(GROWS AND
REACHES THE GROUND)
SIMPLEALTERNATELEAVES
MALE AND FEMALE IN SEPARATE PLANTS

4. •USEFUL PART–MATURE STEM
•MORPHOLOGY OF USEFUL PARTS–
STARCH FROM THESE MATURE STEM SURFACE IS
CLOSELY STUDDED WITH WARTY TUBERCLES

5. ANATOMY OF USEFUL PART–
•MATURE STEM IS COVERED WITH CORK.
•OUTERCORKTISSUEIS BROKEN UP BY THE OPENINGOF LENTICELS.
•PHELLOGENCONSISTS OF A SINGLE AND PHELLODERM CONSISTS
OF 5ROWS OF CELLS.
•CORTEXIS LARGE WITH MANY LARGE SCATTERED SECRETORY
CELLS
•SECRETORYCELLS ARE LARGER THAN CORTICAL CELLS
•VASCULAR ZONE BELOW IT CONTAIN10-12STRIPES OF XYLEM
AND PPHLOEM.THEY ALTERNATE WITH MEDULLARYRRAYS.CENTER
OCCUPIEDWITH PITH.

7. •PHYTOCHEMICALS–
CORDIFOL,
TINOSPORIDINE,
TINOSPORIDE,
TINOSPORINE,
PERBIRILINE

8. PHARMACEUTICALUSES-
•PUNGENT,BITTER
•SWEET ON DIGESTION
•ASTRINGENTANDSTRENGTHENING
•PROMOTES DIGESTION POWER
•USED AGAINST COUGH,ANAEMIA,JAUNDICE ETC
•CURES BLEEDING OF PILES
•PROMOTES LONGEVITY

9. ACTIVE COMPONENTS
•ALKALOIDS
•DIPTERPENOID LACTONES
•GLYCOSIDES
•SESQUITERPENOID
•ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS
•ANTI-DIABETIC
•ANTI-CANCER
•ANTI-TOXIC
•ANTI-MICROBIAL
•ANTI-OXIDANT
•ANTI-HIV

10. MEDINICAL PROPERTIES
•THE STEM OF THIS PLANT IS ONE OF THECONSTITUENTSOF SEVERAL
AYURVEDIC PREPARATIONUSED IN DYSPEPSIA,FEVER AND URINARY DISEASES.
•THE STEM IS BITTER, STOMACHIC,DIURETIC,STIMULATESBILE SECRETION,
CAUSES CONSTIPATION,BURNINGSENSATION, VOMITING,ENRICHESBLOOD
AND CURES JAUNDICE.
•THE EXTRACT OF IT’S STEM IS USEFUL IN IN SKIN DISEASES.
•THECOMBINATIONOF IT’S ROOT, STEM AND OTHER DRUGS IS USED AS A
ANTIDOTE TO SNAKEBITES AND SCORPIONSTING

11. •USED FOR TREATINGDIABETESMELLUTUS.
•REPORTEDBENEFICIALTO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

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