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Acanthaceae - syn. Adhatoda vasica (L.) Nees; Malbar nut, adatoda, vasaka, arusha, Indisches Lungenkraut, Malabarnuss
Evergreen dense shrub of northern India, naturalized in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, up to 2.5m high, with unpleasant smell; stem bark yellowish; leaves simple, petioled, lanceolate to elliptic, entire; white flowers in axillary spikes; spikes with long peduncles; fruit a 4-seeded capsule, 2-2.5cm long, seeds 5-7mm in diameter.
„The original home is the Himalayan region of northern India. Today, this plant is available worldwide in the plant trade.“ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indisches_Lungenkraut
Methanolic extracts contain of the leaves contain the quinazoline alkaloids vasicine (0.16-0.58%) and vasicinone (0.97-0.03%). [Quantitative determination of vasicine and vasicinone in Adhatoda vasica by high performance capillary electrophoresis. B. Avula, S. Begum, S. Ahmed, M. I. Choudhary, I.A.Khan, Pharmazie 63: 20-22 (2008)]
„Adhatoda vasica has been used in many ayurvedic formulations… Remarkable wound healing activity was observed with the ointment formulation of the methanol extract at 1% concentration.“ [Investigations on the phytochemical activities and wound healing properties of Adhatoda vasica leave in Swiss albino mice. Subhashini S., Kantha D. Arunachalam, African Journal of Plant Science Vol.5 (2), 2011, 133-145]
„Adhatoda vasica Nees (Acanthaceace) is a well known medicinal plant from which certain alkaloids, phenolics, flavonoids, sterols and their glycoside derivatives have been isolated. Its diverse medicinal activities include cardiovascular protection, abortifacient, antitubercular, antimutagenic, antiulcer, antiasthmatic activities, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and antitussive activities. It is commonly used in indigenous and traditional folk medicine system in South-East-Asia.“ [Adhatoda vasica Nees: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile. Thokchom P Singh, Okram M Singh, Huidrom B Singh, The Natural Products Journal 01/2011; 1(29), 29-39]