Asparagus racemosus willd

Common name : Satawari, buttermilk root, climbing asparagus, water root, wild asparagus, wild carrot,satavari

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Taxonomical ID:272846

Vernacular Names

1. Assamese : Mahaneem. Maha-neem 2. Bengali : Neem 3. English : Indian Lilac, Margosa, Margosa tree, Neem,Neem tree 4. Gujarati : Limba 5. Hindi : Neem 6. Irula : Veeppa, maram 7. Kannada : Bevu/ Kirubevu, Turakabevu 8. Malayalam : Ariyaveppu, Ayurveppu, Kaippanveppu , Nimbam, Vembu, Veppu 9. Marathi : Nimbay 10. Tamil : Sengumaru, Vembu, Veppa, Veppai 11. Telugu : Vepa Source : FRLHT’s ENVIS
Botanical Description

Azadirachta indica is a tropical evergreen of the MELIACEAE family that grows up to 25 m high. It has rough dark brown bark with wide longitudinal fissures separated by flat ridges. The leaves are compound, imparipinnate, each comprising 5-15 leaflets that are arranged in alternate pairs with terminal leaflets. The compound leaves are themselves alternating with one another. The thin, lanceolate leaflets measure about 6 cm long and 2 cm broad. It bears many flowered panicles, mostly in the leaf-axils. The sepals are ovate and about 1 cm long with sweet scented white oblanceolate petals. It produces yellow drupes that are ellipsoid and glabrous, 12-20 cm long. Source : Medicinal plants of the world: chemical constituents, traditional and modem medicinal uses by Ivan Ross (Volume 2 )
Conservation Status

Least concern source : IUCN
Medicinal uses

Hot water extract of the bark is taken orally by the adult female as a tonic and emmenagogue. The hot water extract of the dried fixed oil is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Anthraquinone fraction of the dried flower, fruit and leaf is taken orally for leprosy. Hot water extract of the flower and leaf is taken orally as an antihistorical remedy, and is used externally to treat wounds. The dried flowers are taken orally for diabetes. Hot water extract of the dried fruit is used for piles and externally for skin diseases and ulcers. Hot water extract of the entire plant is taken orally as an anthelmintic, an insecticide and a purgative. Juices of the bark of Andrographis paniculate, Azadirachta indica and Tinospora cordifolia are taken orally as a treatment for filariasis. Hot water extract of the bark is taken with water, orally before breakfast, for leprosy. The extract is also taken for fever and diabetes, and as a tonic, refrigerant, anthelmintic and antiperiodic. The fresh fruit is used externally for leprosy. Fruit, leaf and root, ground and mixed with dried ginger and "trifala", a preparation consisting of the powdered fruit of Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb., T. Chebula Retz, and Emblica officinalis Gaertn., is taken orally with lukewarm water to treat common fevers. Leaf juice is administered by intravenous infusion for chronic skin diseases, and is taken orally as an anthelmintic. Source : Medicinal Plants of the World

S.no	Phytochemical Name	Phytochemical ID	Synonyms	Part	Medicinal uses
1	Racemoside A	CID_102253062	N.A	Fruits, roots	Antioxidant
2	racemoside B	CID_102253063	N.A	Fruits, roots	Antioxidant
3	racemoside C	CID_102253064	N.A	Fruits, roots	Antioxidant
4	Racemofuran	N.A		Root	Anticarcinogen Antioxidant
5	asparagamine A	N.A		Root	Anticarcinogen Antioxidant
6	racemosol	CID_624971	N. A	Root	Anticarcinogen Antioxidant
7	8-methoxy-5,6,4′-trihydroxyisoflavone-7-O-β-dglucopyranoside	N.A		Antidiarrhoel Antioxidant	n.a
8	3-O-{[β-d-glucopyranosyl(1-2)][α-l-rhamnopyranosyl (1→4)]-β-d-glucopyranosyl}-26-O-(β-d-glucopyranosyl)-(25S)5β-furostan-3β, 22 α,26-triol	N.A		Root	Antibacterial
9	Asparagamine A	n.a		Root	N.A
10	Sarsasapogenin	CID_92095	Parigenin	Root	N.A
11	kaempferol	CID_5280863	Robigenin	Root	N.A
12	Sitosterol	CID_222284	Cupreol Azuprostat	roots, fruits	N.A
13	4,6-dihydroxy-2-O-(2′-hydroxyisobutyl) benzaldehyde	N.A		Roots	N.A
14	undecanyl cetanoate Shatavarin IV	N. A		Roots	N.A
15	sarsasapogenin			Roots	N.A
16	stigmasterol	CID_5280794	Stigmasterin	Fruits	N.A
17	sitosterol-β-d-glucoside	N.A		Fruits	N.A
18	stigmasterol-β-d-glucoside	N.A		Fruits	Antiulcer Antioxidant
19	Quercetin-3-glucuronide	CID_11655911	Quercetin 3'-glucuronide Quercetin 3'-o-glucuronide	Leaves	N.A

Asparagus racemosus Willd.The plant extracts (ethyl acetate, aqueous) showed dose dependent α-amylase inhibition with IC50 value 65.85 ± 1.19 and IC50 value 63.28 ± 0.38 respectively. The IC50 value of Acarbose was found to be 11.84 ± 0.19.

Source : Negi et al.,2017

3D phytochemicals

AMMPDB VER.1.1

Asparagus racemosus willd

Common name : Satawari, buttermilk root, climbing asparagus, water root, wild asparagus, wild carrot,satavari

Source : Negi et al.,2017