Indian Shot (Canna Indica L). Leaves Provide Valuable Insights into the Management of Inflammation and Other Associated Disorders Offering Health Benefits
Mohammad Abdullah Taher, Hasin Hasnat, Safaet Alam, Suriya Akter Shompa, Mirola Afroze, Mala Khan, Chuxiao Shao, Shuanghu Wang, Peiwu Geng, Abdullah Al Mamun · 2024
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Mohammad Abdullah Taher and co-authors investigate, in a 2024 study, the leaves of Indian shot, a tropical plant with a long folk record against inflammation, fever, malaria, and gut complaints. Plants have seeded many modern drugs, and traditional use is a clue worth testing with modern tools.
The collaboration, spanning Bangladesh and China, prepared leaf extracts and profiled them with advanced chemical analysis. Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry identified the bioactive compounds present across extracts. The team then assessed what those compounds imply for managing inflammation and related disorders. A plant used for centuries across several ailments may hold several distinct active ingredients. Pinning down which molecules do the work is the step that turns folklore into pharmacology. The authors frame the leaf as a source of candidate therapies, with the chemistry now mapped for follow up testing.
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| CREATOR | Mohammad Abdullah Taher, Hasin Hasnat, Safaet Alam, Suriya Akter Shompa, Mirola Afroze, Mala Khan, Chuxiao Shao, Shuanghu Wang, Peiwu Geng, Abdullah Al Mamun |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 105 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |