ANTHRAQUINONES OF CISSUS POPULNEA GUILL & PERR (AMPLIDACEAE)

Authors

  • H. Ibrahim
  • B. B. Mdau
  • A. Ahmed
  • M. Ilyas

Keywords:

Cissus populnea, stem bark, anthraquinones, TLC.

Abstract

Cissus populnea has been used locally to treat many ailments such as venereal, stomach and skin infections; and also used as laxative or purgative. Economically it has been used as binder in food and in lining dye pits. This work aims at determining the type of anthraquinones from the stem bark of C. populnea which might be a potential source of drugs (laxative/cathartic) using thin layer chramatograpy (TLC) and senna leaf as reference. The analysis showed the stem bark anthroquinone extract to contain physcion and chrysophanol.

Author Biographies

H. Ibrahim

Department of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

M. Ilyas

Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

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Published

2010-11-09

How to Cite

Ibrahim, H., Mdau, B. B., Ahmed, A., & Ilyas, M. (2010). ANTHRAQUINONES OF CISSUS POPULNEA GUILL & PERR (AMPLIDACEAE). African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 8(2), 140–143. Retrieved from https://journals.athmsi.org/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/1221

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research Papers

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