Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or monkey jack or barhar hindi, badahar nepali or dewa assamese. Greek karpos, fruit, hence breadfruit, artocarpus altilis. The genus artocarpus includes 61 species native to the indian subcontinent, southeast asia, and australasia kochummen, 2000. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Nutritional value and medicinal uses of monkey jack fruit. However, it is, unpredictably, a homonym of two scientific names in flora of thailand, i. Artocarpus altilis plant finder missouri botanical garden. Flavonoid and stilbenoid production in callus cultures of artocarpus lakoocha. Breadfruit or artocarpus altilis, is an indonesian native plant traditionally used for the treatment of various disease including inflammatoryrelated diseases such as arthritis, tumors, pain, gastritis and atherosclerosis. How artocarpus lakoocha is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Raw fruits and male flower spike acidic and astringent are utilized in. Quantitative analysis of oxyresveratrol content in artocarpus lakoocha and puaghaad.
Moracea is a large family comprising about sixty genera and nearly 1400 species, including important group such as artocarpus, morus, and ficus. Using insecticides of plant origin to interrupt the life cycle, vector borne diseases can be controlled. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic and methanolic extract. This tree grows in both seeded and seedless forms, with the commonly marketed. There is another similar species artocarpus scortechinii with similar character except the leaves are slightly smaller, making it possible to confuse these two species in the field. Effectiveness of artocarpus lakoocha extract, poloxamer 407, on enterococcus faecalis in vitro. Each fruit contains 2030 seeds that are fleshy with thin seed coat. Phytochemical investigation and anti spermatogenic potential volume. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Artocarpus lakoocha international science community association. Study on the antiinflammatory activity of artocarpus.
In vitro screening for acetylcholinesterase ache and butyrylcholinesterase bche inhibitory activities of the artocarpus lakoocha rootbark extracts revealed interesting results. Taxonomic notes on the mahat artocarpus lacucha and a. Artocarpus altilis, commonly known as breadfruit, is a tropical to subtropical evergreen tree of the mulberry family that typically grows with a spreading crown to 3050 less frequently to 80 tall. Artocarpus camansi seeded breadfruit, breadnut artocarpus dadah green tampang. The thai name mahat has been used in many scientific articles for years. Find support for a specific problem on the support section of our website. Artocarpus dadah, artocarpus lakoocha greek artos, bread. Artocarpus lakoocha moraceae is a widely used medicinal plant by tribals of jharkhand. Artocarpus lakoocha roxb moraceae is cultivated in uttar pradesh, bengal, khasi hills and western ghats. The generic name artocarpus comes from the greek words artos bread and karpos fruit and many species and varieties produce fruits which are eaten by humans orwa et al. Original article anticandidal and antibiofilm activity of artocarpus lakoocha extract sukunlaya senapong1, jindaporn puripattanavong2, and rawee teanpaisan1 1 common oral diseases and epidemiology research center, department of stomatology, faculty of dentistry, 2 department of pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical botany, faculty of pharmaceutical sciences. Only this pdf states that maadaar artocarpus lakoocha roxb. Leaves are about inch long, broadly oblong, coriaceous, rough above and soft. Mahat is a wellknown medicinal plant utilized in thailand.
Bioassayguided fractionation resulted in the isolation of two new 1 and 2 and six known 2arylbenzofurans 38, along with one stilbenoid 9 and one flavonoid 10. The edible fruit pulp is believed to act as a tonic for the liver. Ficus heterophylla is used in colic pain, asthma and dysentery. Artocarpus yunnanensis hu artocarpus vrieseanus papillosus f. In thailand, the plant is called mahaad, and a dried. Branchlets are 36 mm thick, densely covered with stiff pale brown to yellow velvety hairs.
Names of artocarpus lakoocha in various languages of the world are also given. A large tree up to 20 m tall, with a dense spreading crown. The plant is an evergreen, tall and valuable timber yielding tree. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Research article open access general characteristics and. Media in category artocarpus lakoochathe following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. Anticandidal and antibiofilm activity of artocarpus.
Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. May pacucha referred to as or include habit, defined as the characteristic mode of growth or occurrence associated to its environment, particularly for plants. List of various diseases cured by artocarpus lakoocha. The fruits are used in place of tamarind in the lower and higher middle altitudes of central western ghats.
There are some pharmacological activities has been found into plant and these are antiinflammatory, antiviral, anticancer and antihiv properties 17. The developed tlc densitometric method was simple accurate and precise, which could be used for quantitative analysis of oxyresveratrol content in a. Yellow, 24 velvety skinned fruit related to the jackfruit. Screening of selected biological activities of artocarpus. Recently i have noticed that almeidas flora appears to be more descriptive and there are certain differences between it. The stilbenoid oxyresveratrol can be isolated from the heartwood of a. Flora indica informs natives eat the fruit and also eat the male spadix in their curries. Publisher macmillan press year 1992 isbn 0333474945 description excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in artocarpus lakoocha.
Leaves are large, 2530 cm long, 1520 cm wide, sometimes pinnately lobed, base wedgeshaped, tip blunt. Artocarpus lakoocha herb uses, benefits, cures, side. Elliptic leaves, on 23 cm long stalks, are densely covered with yellow bristles. Bark dark brown, exfoliating in small round woody plate, inside reddish, softly fibrous with faint streaks of white latex, copious milkly latex. Pharmacognostical and larvicidal evaluation of artocarpus lakoocha. If fruits are available the distinction is easier, artocarpus scortechinii does not have the shaggy fruits that artocarpus elasticus has. Additionally, both species are complex due to their high morphological variation. Objectives of the present study were to determine antibacterial, antioxidant, anthelmintic and insecticidal efficacy of methanol extract of a. A large deciduous tree with spreading crown about 20 m in height. Saccus mollis kuntze saccus lakoocha kuntze saccus dadah kuntze saccus cumingianus trec. Artocarpus lakoocha, mahaad, oxyresveratrol, tlcdensitometry, validated method download full paper pdf file size. Department of pharmaceutics, national college of pharmacy, manassery, calicut abstract. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region the leaf contains the phenols quercetin and camphorol, plus gammaaminobutyric acid, which lowers the blood pressure.
Pdf artocarpus lakoocha moraceae is a widely used medicinal plant by tribals of jharkhand, india for the treatment of many diseases. Artocarpus plants as a potential source of skin whitening agents. Monkey jack, artocarpus lakoocha, food value, medicinal value, uses. Flavonoids with antihsv activity from the root bark of artocarpus lakoocha. Artocarpus is a genus of approximately 60 trees and shrubs of southeast asian and pacific origin, belonging to the mulberry family, moraceae. Artocarpus lakoocha is a valuable tree species native to india and used for fruit, furniture, timber, and feed. Screening of selected biological activities of artocarpus lakoocha roxb moraceae fruit pericarp. Medicinal values of artocarpus lakoocha in several studies it revealed that a. Scientific evidence regarding the antiinflammatory effect of. Article info abstract received 151020 artocarpus lakoocha moraceae is a widely used medicinal plant by tribals of jharkhand, revised 051120.
Quantitative analysis of oxyresveratrol content in. Phytochemical studies of artocarpus gomezianus wall. This page was last edited on 7 october 2014, at 10. Most species of artocarpus are restricted to southeast asia. Nutritional value and medicinal uses of monkey jack fruit artocarpus lakoocha.
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