Biology:Glossostemon

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Glossostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Glossostemon bruguieri, synonym Dombeya arabica,[1] a shrub with thick long tapering dark colored roots with 70–100 cm in length and 5–8 cm in breadth.[2] It is native to Yemen, Iran, Iraq,[3] Egypt,[4] Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Morocco.[5] The dried peeled roots of G. bruguieri are called in Egypt and Arab countries (Arabic: مُغات mughāt). The roots are commonly used in traditional medicine for many nutritional and medicinal values.

Chemical composition

Calcium, magnesium and iron are the main minerals of the roots. Minor amounts of zinc, manganese and copper have also been found.


Both roots and seeds contain rhamnose, xylose, mannose and galacturonic acid.[5][6][4] [7]

Use

In traditional medicine, hot drinks prepared from dried peeled root powder are used after delivery as a galactagogue. It is used as well for increasing body weight, as a demulcent agent and for relief of gout pain.[8]

Health and biological effect

Water extract of G. bruguieri roots has reversed induced juvenile osteopenia in Sprague Dawley rats. However, human clinical trials are yet to be done.[9]

The unsaponifiable part of the plant leaves was reported to have stronger acaricidal activity on both the adult and egg stages of Tetranychus urticae than other botanical parts of the plant.[10]

Others

The Italian pharmacist Antonio Bey Figari has mentioned G. bruguieri in his 1864 book entitled "Studii scientifici sull'Egitto e sue adiacenze, compresa la penisola dell'Arabia Petrea-Scientific study in Egypt and its surroundings, including the peninsula of Arabia Petraea." He mentioned that the plant was coming from Persia to Egypt through the route of Damascus and was prescribed for cachectic patients, tuberculosis, chest diseases, tabes of children and cases of constitutional syphilis. He thought that Moghat was the main ingredient of the preparation "Revalenta arabica", that was being sold in Europe in the 18th century, but his idea was wrong because it was discovered later that the main ingredient of "Revalenta arabica" was merely lentil flour. He stated as well that he himself has observed wonderful results using the plant.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named catalogueoflife 7ee5c3a28dd55e8d076bd85aef782a70
  2. ↑ Purseglove, J. W. "Tropical crops, Dicotyledons", 3rd ed.; Wiley: New York, 1974.
  3. ↑ "Glossostemon bruguieri Desf.". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/3668376. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Meselhy R. Meselhy (2003), "Constituents from Moghat, the Roots of Glossostemon bruguieri (Desf.)", Molecules 8 (8): 614–621, doi:10.3390/80800614, http://www.mdpi.net/molecules/papers/80800614.pdf 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gamel, T.H.; El-Razek, A.M. Abd; Damir, A.A. (2010). "Dried Peeled Roots of Glossostemon bruguieri (Moghat) as a Potential Functional Food". Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 34 (1): 55–67. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4549.2008.00316.x. INIST:22389984. 
  6. ↑ "Chemical and biological evaluation of proteins and mucilages from roots and seeds of Glossostemon bruguieri Desf. (Moghat)". Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 50 (1): 55–61. 1997. doi:10.1007/bf02436043. PMID 9198115. Bibcode: 1997PFHN...50...55I. 
  7. ↑ "Phytochemical studies and effect on urine volume of Glossostemon bruguieri Desf. constituents". Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 42 (2): 186–9. 2004. INIST:15422928. PMID 15282952. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/23356. 
  8. ↑ Ibn al-Baitar, الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية (The Book of Medicinal and Nutritional Terms)
  9. ↑ "Imbalanced Diet Deficient in Calcium and Vitamin D- Induced Juvenile Osteopenia in Rats; the Potential Therapeutic Effect of Egyptian Moghat Roots Water Extract (Glossostemon bruguieri)". Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 13 (2): 623–35. 2014. PMID 25237358. 
  10. ↑ S. E. EL-GENGAIHI; N. A IBRAHIM; S. A. A. AMER (April 1999). "Chemical investigation of the lipoidal matter of Glossostemon bruguieri and the acaricidal activity of its unsaponifiable fraction". Acarologia 40 (2): 198–204. http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/export_pdf.php?id=153&typefile=pdf. 
  11. ↑ Studi scientifici sull'Egitto e le sue adiacenze compresa la Penisola dell'Arabia Petrea con accompagnamento di carta geografico-geologica del Dott. Cav. Antonio Figari Bey: t. 2, Band 2. 1865. p. 389. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWr9aGvJmk8C&pg=PA389. 

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