Limonia acidissima, feronia elephantum, feronia limonia. Department of botany, thiagarajar college, madurai9, tamil nadu, india corresponding author abstract introduction. Feronia elephantum correa belongs to family rutaceae and is commonly known. Leaf, bark, root and fruit pulp are used for the treatment of various ailments. According to servius, feronia was a tutelary goddess of freedmen dea libertorum. Effect of ethanolic extract of feronia elephantum correa. Protective effect of aqueous extract of feronia elephantum correa leaves on thioacetamide induced liver necrosis in diabetic rats prashant sharma, subhash l bodhankar, and prasad a thakurdesai department of pharmacology, poona college of pharmacy, bharati deemed vidyapeeth university, erandwane, pune411038, india. With nounverb tables for the different cases and tenses links to audio pronunciation and relevant forum discussions free vocabulary trainer. Livy notes that in 217 bce freed women collected money as a gift for feronia. Vinayaka missions university, salem declaration certificate i, mr. The result was expressed in per cent calcium pectate ranganna, 2010. Protective effect of aqueous extract of feronia elephantum correa leaves on thioacetamide induced liver necrosis in diabetic rats. Limonia acidissima linn feronia elephantum, feronia limonia, hesperethus. Feronia limonia, limonia acidissima or schinus limonia is plant form rutaceae family.
This slow growing tree is native in the indomalaya ecozone to bangladesh, india, pakistan, sri lanka, and in indochinese ecoregion east to java and the malesia ecoregion. Effect of feronia elephantum corr fruit pulp extract on. Feronia elephantum belongs to the family rutaceae is well known in indian traditional system for its traditional uses. Wood apple is a fruityielding tree that belongs to family. Methodschemical composition analysis of hydrodistilled essential oil was determined by gas chromatographymass spectrometry and in vitro antioxidant activity of oil was determined by dpph free. In the present study, the larvicidal activity of silver nanoparticles agnps synthesized using feronia elephantum plant leaf extract against late thirdinstar larvae of anopheles stephensi, aedes aegypti, and culex quinquefasciatus was determined. Moreover this system of medicine is pollution free and less toxic without. Wood apple limonia acidissima request pdf researchgate. Essential oil isolated from leaves showed antibacterial and antifungal activities. Limonia acidissima, feronia elephantum, feronia limonia family. Free books health and healing materia medica the materia medica of the hindus feronia elephantum.
In vitro antioxidant and antibacterial activities of fruit pulp was reported by nithya and saraswathi. Protective effect of aqueous extract of feronia elephantum correa. A brief description of phytoconstituents, dose and pharamacology of various extracts obtained from antidiabetic fruits have been discussed in table 1 given below. The antibacterial activity was investigated against four gram positive and four gram negative bacteria by using. Rutaceae was examined by capillary gas chromatography gc and gas chromatographymass spectroscopy gcms. In vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of essential oil of feronia. Pdf the antioxidant activities of feronia limonia fruit pulp methanolic extract. Phytochemical screening and evaluation of antioxidant potential of.
The fruit is traditionally used in india as a liver and cardiac tonic. Effect of plant growthpromoting microorganisms on quality seedling production of feronia elephantum corr. Commonly known as bela, billin, kath, is a commonly known herb in indian system of. Pdf chemical composition of the essential oil of feronia. The essential oil composition of feronia elephantum correa family. The ordeal of hot coals was very commonly applied to witches, and it is not improbable that the accused appealed to feronia to protect them, owing to some tradition. Traditionally various parts of feronia limonia wood apple are used to treat. Monoterpene coumarins from ferula ferulago pdf free download. Antihepatotoxic effect of feronia limonia fruit against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatic damage in.
Jadhav ravindra sahadu, declare that the thesis entitled antiasthmatic potency of feronia elephantum bark linn. A potent tool against mycobacterium tuberculosis bheemanagouda n patil, tarikere c taranath postgraduate department of studies in botany, environmental biology laboratory, karnatak university, dharwad, karnataka, india. Feronia elephantum, mucuna pruriens, semecarpus anacardium etc. Biochemical changes in wood apple fruit feronia elephantum corr. Feronia elephantum, essential oil, antioxidant, cytotoxicity, dna. Effect of plant growthpromoting microorganisms on quality. The role of an italic goddess in the process of integration of cultures in republican italy. Limonia acidissima is a large tree growing to 9 metres 30 ft tall, with rough, spiny bark. To evalueate hepatoprotective effects feronia elephantum f. Some sources state that slaves were set free at her temple near terracina. Chemical composition of the essential oil of feronia elephantum correa article pdf available in natural product research 2419.
Media in category limonia acidissima the following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total. The present study was carried out to investigate possible antibacterial and antidiarrhoeal activities of ethanol extract of feronia limonia leaves. Besides woodapple, it may be called elephant apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit, kath bel and other dialectal names in india. Indian journal of natural products and resources vol. Statistical analysis the data were analyzed using completely. Rutaceae wood apple, bel fruit, elephant apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit, bela, billin, kath origin. Materials and methods collection of plant material fresh and disease free leaf and bark of feronia elephantum correa were collected in the month of feb and march2012 from the agasthiarmalai biosphere reserve, western ghats, tirunelveli. Antioxidant and cytotoxic activitiy of limonia acidissima l. Here is an essay on the families of dicotyledons for class 11 and 12. Antihepatotoxic effect of feronia limonia fruit against. Its leaves are prescribed for a wide variety of ailments like diarrhoea, urinary disorders, treatment of piles or haemorrhoids, acidity, ulcers, ringworm and other chronic skin infections. Feronia elephantum hesperethusa crenulata schinus limonia.
Learn the translation for elephant in leo s english. Feronia elephantum famine foods plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine purdue university, west lafayette, indiana. In vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of essential. Feronia and 16 closely related proteins form a distinct clade within the arabidopsis arabidopsis thaliana superfamily of receptorlike kinases rlks, transmembrane proteins with an extracellular domain for signal perception and a cytoplasmic domain that phosphorylates target molecules and induces cellular responses to incoming signals. Therefore this study was designed to investigate in vivo hypoglycemic and antidiabetic potential of methanolic extract of fruit pulp of feronia elephantum corr. A stone at the terracina shrine was inscribed let deserving slaves sit down so that they may stand up free. Essay on asclepiadaceae milkweed family essay on boraginaceae borage family essay on convolvulaceae morningglory family essay on. Antimutagenic actions were observed mainly in phenolic glycosides followed by esterbound and free phenolics of feronia limonia. The leaves are pinnate, with 57 leaflets, each leaflet 2535 mm long and 1020 mm broad, with a citrusscent when crushed. Message the user has shared this species from india biodiversity portal with you. Two new sesquiterpene coumarins from the seeds of ferula sinkiangensis sesquiterpene coumarins from the roots of ferula assafoetida corrigendum to sesquiterpene coumarins and sesquiterpenes from ferula sinaica phytochemistry 50 1999 109112. Limonia acidissima pdf wood apple is one of the common names of an edible fruit from several trees, mainly belonging to genus limonia acidissima l. Studies on biochemical changes in wood apple limonia.
Evaluation of antibacterial and antidiarrhoeal activities. The present investigation was carried out to determine the possible bioactive components of leaves and bark of f. The plant was identified with the help of local flora and. The percentage of dpph free radical scavenging activity was. Pdf gcms analysis of bioactive components of feronia. Phytochemical analysis of the crude extract was performed to detect presence of different kinds of phytoconstituents. Feronias primary objective when it acquired its palm oil business in 2009 was to save the plantations from the brink of extinction. Commonly known as bela, billin, kath, is a commonly known herb in indian system of medicine to treat various disorders including diabetes mellitus without any scientific evidences. Artocarpus lacucha, feronia elephantum 14, garcinia cambogia 15, scindapsus officinalis 16 fruits respectively. Free radicals generated in human body due to external and internal sources leads.
Insecticides of synthesized natural products for vector control have been a priority in this area. One thing is apparent both in the ancient and modern feronia, that she is, or was, a protector and friend of the poor, one of slaves and refugees, as now of paupers. The filter paper along with calcium pectate precipitate was dried in oven at c for overnight, cooled and weighed. Effect of feronia elephantum corr fruit pulp extract on indomethacininduced gastric ulcer in albino rats article pdf available january 2010 with 5 reads how we measure reads. Antiulcer effect of feronia elephantum correa leaf and. This section is from the book the materia medica of the hindus, by udoy chand dutt.
Feronia is an agribusiness operating in the drc which consists of three oil palm plantations, the first of which was established in 1911. In vitro antioxidant and antibacterial efficacy of feronia. Find paragraphs, long and short essays on the families of dicotyledons especially written for school and college students. Wood apple is an erect, slowgrowing tree with a few upwardreaching branches bending outward near the summit where they are subdivided into slender branchlets drooping at the tips. Protective effect of aqueous extract of feronia elephantum. Abstractobjectiveto analyse the chemical composition and evaluation of antioxidant, cytotoxic and dna fragmentation activities of essential oil of feronia elephantum correa. Antidiabetic activity of fruit pulp of feronia elephantum.
Cultivation details a plant of the drier tropical and subtropical lowlands, where it is found at elevations up to 450 metres. The analysis revealed the presence of 24 constituents, of which 18. Rare tropical plants, fragrant flowers, exotic fruit. Limonia acidissima journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry.
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