Tapak Dara Content: Anti Oxidant, Anti Cancer to Toxic Substance

in #indonesia7 years ago

Plants with beautiful flowers that turned out to contain many properties as a drug. This "sophisticated" plant has a substance called Rosendin is an anthocyanidin pigment (anthocyanidin) found in its flower.

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There is also a substance called Vincristine, which is a chemotherapy drug used to treat certain types of cancer, is also found in this plant. Flowers and leaves have the potential to be a source of medicine for leukemia and Hodgkin's disease.

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In the roots, stems, leaves and seeds of tapak dara have anti-cancer alkaloid content. Alkaloid content include vinblastine (VLB), vincristien (VCR), leurosine (LR), vin cadioline, leurodisibe, catharanthine, reserpine, ajmalicine and serpentine.

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While alkaloids that can lower levels of sugar are leurosine, catharantine, lochnerine, tetra-hydroalstonine vindoline, vindolinine, norharman, lochnerine, akuammine, vincamine, vinleurosin, and vinrosidin. Various alkaloids are toxic.

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Signs of poison poisoning are fever, limp, and vomiting within 24 hours. Other signs are neuropathy, loss of tendon reflex, hallucinations, coma, and death.