Description
Active Ingredient : Pterostilbene 4%, Pterostilbene 5%, Alkaloids 0.4%, Tannins 5%
Common Name : Indian Kino, Gummy Kino, Marsupium
Part Used : Heart Wood, Leaves,flowers.
Chemical Constituents and Components : Main chemical components are liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, pterosupin, epicatechin, pterostilbene, kinotannic acid, beta-eudesmol, marsupol, carpusin, marsupinol, kinoin and kino-red.
Action :
Pterostilbene:
1. It lowers the lipid and glucose level in body.
2. It shows significant reduction of glycosylated hemoglobin and an increase in total hemoglobin level.
3. It inhibits cell proliferation and induces apototic effect in tumor cell lines.
4. It shows moderate inhibition of cyclooxygenase (cox)-1 and weakly active against cox-2, thus shows potent antioxidant activity.
5. It inhibits electrolyte leakage caused by herbicide-induced oxidative damage.
Alkaloids:
1. It significantly lowers the high blood sugar level in body.
2. It raises the blood pressure and indirectly on sympathetic nerves.
Tannins:
1. It shows scavenging activity against mitochondrial lipid peroxidation.
2. It causes significant decrease in cholesterol level.
3. It shows antimicrobial activity against bacteria and virus.
Curing Diseases :
1. It is useful in diabetes and heart problems.
2. It is helpful in controlling skin diseases.
3. It is also beneficial in the treatment of fractures, bruises, leprosy, leucoderma, constipation, depurative, rectalgia, ophthalmopathy, hemorrhages and rheumatoid arthritis.
Description:
Pterocarpus marsupium shows strong antihyperlipdemic activity. It causes significant reduction of serum triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL and VLDL cholesterol levels without any effect on the level of HDL-cholesterol.
