09/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Three medicinal orchids – foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa), duan sui zhu jing lan (Tropidia curculigoides), and Nepal satyrium (Satyrium nepalense) – from Arunachal Pradesh underwent testing for anti-mycobacterial and leishmanicidal activity. The Nepal satyrium was considered the best source of herbal medicines, having demonstrated therapeutic effects against asthma, malaria, and tuberculosis.
The study, a joint effort among researchers from three Indian universities, was published in the scientific journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
In addition to benefiting patients who suffer from asthma, the cold stage of malaria, and tuberculosis, the researchers believe that herbal medicines derived from these local orchids will provide economic benefits for the residents of Arunachal Pradesh.
Read the full text of the study at this link.
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Journal Reference:
Bhatnagar M, Sarkar N, Gandharv N, Apang O, Singh S, Ghosal S. EVALUATION OF ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL, LEISHMANICIDAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THREE MEDICINAL ORCHIDS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017;17(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1884-z.
Tagged Under: antibacterial, antimycobacterial, asthma, herbal medicine, herbal medicines, Indian herbal medicine, Malaria, medicinal flowers, medicinal plants, medicinal species, orchid, orchid extract, tuberculosis