In the present study, tanning systems based on rumex abyssinicus mekmeko extract for the production of upper leathers were investigated as a cleaner alternative tanning system. Rumex abyssinicus is a potential genetic resource for bioprospecting due to its active parts rhizome, roots and leaves. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. Effect of rumex abyssinicus on preneoplastic lesions in dimethylhydrazine induced colon carcinogenesis in rats. In addition, extracts of rumex abyssinicus and other rumex species have shown antitumor activity against different cancer cell lines 1719. Rumex abyssinicus is one of the plants that grow in ethiopia and different. The tender shoots and leaves of rumex abyssinicus are edible and widely used as a vegetable. The collected root parts of rumex abyssinicus about 2. An rumex abyssinicus in nahilalakip ha genus nga rumex, ngan familia nga polygonaceae. It is a perennial herb that can grow to a height of 34 meters with a fleshy rhizome. Pdf discovery of helminthosporin, an anthraquinone isolated.
Leafsegments linear, acute, the central one 34 times as long as the lateral, 8 in. Rumex abyssinicus jacq polygonaceae is widely used. Its local amharic name is mekmako ermias dagne, 2009. Polygonaceae is widely distributed worldwide, and its many species have nutritional and medicinal properties. Their consumption is, however, generally less significant among pastoral communities. Pdf effect of rumex abyssinicus on preneoplastic lesions in. It is believed that inflammation is intimately linked to carcinogenesis. Rumex hastatus d medicinal uses medicinal plants archive. Phytochemical investigation of rumex abyssinicus has led to the isolation of nine compounds, including one phenolic acid 1, five anthraquinones 26 and three flavanols 79. Rumex abyssinicus acs publications american chemical society. Rumex abyssinicus mekmeko ethiopian plant material for. Box 1176, addis ababa, ethiopia corresponding author. Evaluation of wound healing and antiinflammatory activity of the. Wound healing and antiinflammatory properties of allophylus abyssinicus hochst.
Pdf natural products have extensively contributed toward the discovery of new. Pressurised hot water extraction phwe was employed to effect the extraction of two carboxylic acidcontaining entlabdane diterpenoids from dodonaea viscosa. Bmc complementary medicine and therapies home page. Specific acidity of water extract and oxalate content of. Antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of rumex alpinus and rumex caucasicus suzan ozturk1 and avni ozturk2 1the ministry of health of turkey, erzurum regional hygiene institute, erzurum, turkey. Isolation, characterization and antibacterial activities evaluation. Thus, this work was initiated to investigate the wound healing and antiinflammatory activities of 80 % methanol. Evaluation of the in vitro efficacy of artemisia annua, rumex. Polygonaceae in mice eshetu mulisa1, kaleab asres2 and ephrem engidawork1 abstract background. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by wind. Pdf effect of rumex abyssinicus on preneoplastic lesions. For ethiopia the chosen plant species were acacia nilotica l. Traditional use of ethnomedicinal native plants in the. Review article discovery phytomedicine 2017, volume 4, number 2.
Plants can contain quite high levels of oxalic acid, which is what gives the leaves of many members of this genus an acidlemon flavour. Medicinal plants are still playing significant role in the management of various human and livestock diseases in the study area with herbs taking the lead in the number of plants used in the preparation of remedies, which may be an indication of their relatively better abundance as compared to other life forms. Rumex abyssinicus jacq polygonaceae is widely used in ethiopia for treatment of wound and other diseases. Income generating activities related to forest and tree resources include brick making, carpentry and charcoal making. Rumex abyssinicus, rhizome, excision model, incision model, antiinflammation, wound healing background.
Page 9 g and an excellent source of vitamin c ascorbic acid. Phytochemical investigation of rumex thyrsiflorus fingerh. Conservation and use of traditional vegetables in ethiopia. It is traditionally used to treat a wide range of medical conditions from colds to malaria 3, 4, and crude extracts have been shown to be active against bacterial, viral, fungal and protozoal pathogens 5, 6, 7. There are other programs that produce pdfs, but they must be free and they must be able embed urls. Thus, a replacement of these synthetics by antioxidant extractions from various foods has been proposed. Evaluation of invitro anthelmintic activities of brassica nigra, ocimum basilicum and rumex abyssinicus. Rumex abyssinicus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The ksa is characterized by its vast area of diverse geographical landscapes and. Antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of. It grows in tropical africa, especially in central and eastern africa. Anthraquinones and flavanols isolated from the vegetable. A status sheet will be displayed, keeping you informed of the progress, and displaying the automatically generated pickup url, once the.
Leaves of various rumex species are very good at removing dirty oil from the skin simply crush the leaves to release the sap and rub them over the dirty area k title. Discovery of helminthosporin, an anthraquinone isolated from. Rumex abyssinicus, family polygonaceae is a plant used traditionally for colouring textiles and food. The triterpenoids which are isolated from the rumex japonicus shows rat lens aldose reductase inhibitory. Overexpression of cox2 is thought to be an early event in colon carcinogenesis and the development of other epithelial tumors. It is used for colouring wickerwork, and to impart a red colour to the feet and hands of women. Phytochemical investigation and in vitro antibacterial evaluation on. Perfectly alright in small quantities, the leaves should not be eaten in large amounts since the oxalic acid can lockup other nutrients in the food, especially calcium. It is widespread throughout ethiopia at altitudes between 1200 and 3300 m. In separate studies, some anthraquinones, which are also found in rumex abyssinicus, showed cox2 inhibitory activity. Antiinflammatory effect of the aqueous extract from rumex patientia l. The different extraction profile provided by phwe in this case suggests that this recently developed method also has applications as a complementary tool for natural products extraction.
It is one of medicinal plants used by ilu ababor people southwest oromia, ethiopia and its root as well as rootbark is used to lower blood. This study, conducted in the rural town of fiche in ethiopia, was undertaken with the support of southern cross university scu australia, addis ababa university aau ethiopia, and the. Habitat and distribution rumex abyssinicus is widely spread in the highlands of tropical africa. Rumex abyssinicus has a yellow and a red dye as a result of its rhizome. Bioprospecting potential of rumex abyssinicus for access and. It is also known as abyssinian spinach, azedinha brava. Rumex abyssinicus mekmeko ethiopian plant material for preservation of goat skins. Sorrel can be grown from seed sown in the garden as early as 2 to 3 weeks before the average last frost date in spring. An rumex in nahilalakip ha familia nga polygonaceae ilarom nga taxa. Garridoramos, the evolution of reproductive systems and sexdetermining mechanisms within rumex polygonaceae inferred from nuclear and chloroplastidial sequence data, molecular biology and evolution, volume 22, issue 9, september 2005. Leafy and fruit vegetables form a significant part of the traditional diets of agricultural communities.
L for 72 hours with manual shaking and extracted with hexane. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the community on traditional medicine in debre tabor town. Rumex abyssinicus jacq as a dual cholinesterase inhibitor. Evaluation of the antimicrobial and antiinflammatory activities of the medicinal plants dodonaea viscosa, rumex nervosus and rumex abyssinicus. It was also revealed that tree species such as albizia coriaria, elaeis guineensis, combretum molle, teclea nobilis and rumex abyssinicus are slowly disappearing in the area. For more multimedia, look at rumex abyssinicus on wikimedia commons. The ksa is characterized by its vast area of diverse geographical landscapes and climates. Pdf anthraquinones and flavanols isolated from the. Phytochemical evaluation of some kenyan medicinal plants. Native to ethiopia and tropical africa, it has ivylike, green to reddish leaves and tiny green flowers.
Extraction of carboxylic acidcontaining diterpenoids from. In particular, different studies found that rumex abyssinicus to contain a number of anthraquinones 1012. Rumex abyssinicus, and catha edulis forsk extracts in cancer. Although reports are available in the literature on some of the claimed activities, nothing has so far been reported about the wound healing activity of r. Rumex abyssinicus is a species of flowering plant in the family polygonaceae, native to tropical africa, including madagascar. Ang rumex abyssinicus sakop sa kahenera nga rumex sa kabanay nga polygonaceae. Phytochemical investigation of rumex abyssinicus has led to the isolation of nine compounds. The arabian peninsula is recognized as an arid area dominated by deserts and poor biodiversity. The characteristics of mekmeko extract as a tanning agent for leather processing were also studied in comparison with commercial wattle extract, as a control. In the present study, the herbal rumex abyssinicus mekmeko roots, which were shade dried at room temperature and powdered was investigated for its effectiveness in the preservation of goat skins. An rumex in nahilalakip ha familia nga polygonaceae. Rumex abyssinicus jacq polygonaceae is widely distributed in the highlands from north africa to ethiopia. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine ethnobotany of medicinal plants in adaa district, east shewa zone of oromia regional state, ethiopia alemayehu kefalew 0 zemede asfaw 0 ensermu kelbessa 0 0 department of plant biology and biodiversity management, college of natural sciences, addis ababa university, 3434, addis ababa, ethiopia background. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in sheka zone.
Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and utilization of. Pdf evaluation of invitro anthelmintic activities of. Acetosa abyssinica, rumex abyssinica, rumex schimperi spanish rhubarb dock is a perennial. The efficacy of this new preservation method was assessed at. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in adaa district, east shewa. Hence, ethnobotany is the study of the interrelationships between people and plants, particularly the way in which plants impact on human culture, and practices and how humans have. The status of traditional vegetable utilization in kenya.
Assessment of total content of secondary metabolites, in. Pdf bioactive compounds and health benefits of edible. Some are nuisance weeds, but some are grown for their edible leaves. Evaluation of wound healing activity of rhizomes of rumex. Traditional healers in ethiopia use the rhizomes of r. Polygonaceae native to tropical africa and is often used in african traditional medicine for various purposes including treating jaundice.
Specific acidity of water extract and oxalate content of foliage of african sorrel george pelham walton with one figure foreword this report is submitted, not so much as a contribution to the accumulated data on the composition of the leaves of rumex abyssinicus jacq. It is in flower from june to july, and the seeds ripen in august. Media in category rumex abyssinicus the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Sorrel is a coolseason perennial often grown as an annual. Pdf bioactive compounds and health benefits of edible rumex. According to martin, the study of peoples classification, management, and use of plants or more simply the science of ethnobotany is an endeavor which attracts people from various academic disciplines. Rumex abyssinicus jacq and rumex nervosus vahl polygonaceae is a large annual herb up to 4m high, leaves usually sagittate, inflorescence much branched, leafless panicle, nut light brown. The dried and powdered root of rumex abyssinicus was extracted with increasing gradient of solvents petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone. Research article evaluation of anthelmintic activities of. However, the kingdom of saudi arabia henceforth abbreviated into ksa has a wide range of flora, consisting of different species of trees, herbs, and shrubs and containing numerous edible and medicinal plants. Many secondary metabolites derived from rumex extracts exhibited potent activities against a panel of phytopathogens including those of phytophthora spp. Of the traditional vegetables in table 1, the root and tuber and leafy vegetable crops are most important as they are used by a large sector of the population on a regular basis, and many of them are considered of high potential abebe demissie 1991.
Sorrel will be ready for harvest 60 days after sowing. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Evaluation of wound healing and antiinflammatory activity of. The flask was shaken until the sample was completely.
In linux, most applications will allow you to print to postscript, which can then be converted to pdf with the ps2pdf utility. It is also known as abyssinian spinach, azedinha brava portuguese, chika swahili, dock. Discovery of helminthosporin, an anthraquinone isolated. Evolution of reproductive systems and sexdetermining.
Lectotype of rumex usambarensis dammer dammer family polygonaceae. A communitybased crosssectional study was carried out from november 1, 2018, to december 30, 2018, with a facetoface. A majority of ethiopians rely on traditional medicine as their primary form of health care, yet they are in danger of losing both their knowledge and the plants they have used as medicines for millennia. Evaluation of wound healing and antiinflammatory activity of the rhizomes of rumex abyssinicus j. Optimization and modeling studies shegaw ahmed mohammed rames c. There are concerns about using synthetic phenolic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene bht and butylated hydroxyanisole bha as food additives because of the reported negative effects on human health. Effect of rumex abyssinicus on preneoplastic lesions in. Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribution, and introduced species growing in the few places where the genus is not native. Sorrel is grown for its tangy, slightlysour tasting arrowshaped. Radlk adem yesuf, kaleab asres1 1department of pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy, school of pharmacy, addis ababa university, p. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Rumex, to which the study plant belongs, are rich in polyphenols like anthraquinones, flavanoids and terpens 9.
Evaluation of wound healing and antiinflammatory activity. Meqmeqo is a weed plant that grows in cultivated as well as disturbed lands. Thus, this work was initiated to investigate the wound healing and antiinflammatory activities of 80 %. The docks and sorrels, genus rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, polygonaceae.
From each sample 5 gram were taken and 30 ml of acetic acid and chloroform 3. Media in category rumex the following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total. Apr 19, 2018 rumex abyssinicus mekmeko extract as cleaner approach for dyeing in product manufacture. Rumex abyssinicus is perennial herb, which grows up to 3 m tall, with thick, fleshy rhizome. More than 8000 different phenolic compounds have been characterized. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Bioprospecting potential of rumex abyssinicus for access.
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