Glycosmis pentaphylla

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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	Synonym
1	Glycoquinone	CID_10544262	N.A
2	Glycocitrine III	N..A
3	Glypentoside A	CID_101396968	N.A
4	Glypentoside B	CID_101396969	N.A
5	Glypentoside C	CID_101396970	N.A
6	Seguinoside F	CID_100953222	N.A
7	Bisglybomine B	N.A
8	Biscarbalexine A	N.A
9	Glybomine B	CID_11208660	N.A
10	Glycoborinine	CID_10446329	3,3,10-Trimethyl-7H-pyrano[3,2-g]carbazol-9-ol
11	Carbalexine A	N.A
12	Glycosmisine A	N.A
13	Glycosmisine B	N.A
14	Glycophymine	CID_135426527	2-Benzylquinazolin-4(1H)-one 2-Benzyl-3H-quinazolin-4-one
15	Glycozolinine	CID_11041703	6-methyl-9H-carbazol-3-ol
16	Noracronycine	CID_5320199	Noracronine 6-hydroxy-3,3,12-trimethylpyrano[2,3-c]acridin-7-one
17	des-N-methylacronycine	CID_6325047	6-methoxy-3,3-dimethyl-12H-pyrano[2,3-c]acridin-7-one
18	des-N-methylnoracronycine	CID_5479541	6-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-12H-pyrano[2,3-c]acridin-7-one
19	carbazole	CID_6854	9H-Carbazole Dibenzopyrrole Diphenylenimine
20	3-methylcarbazole	CID_20746	3-Methyl-9H-carbazole
21	glycozolidol	CID_185895	7-Methoxy-6-methyl-9H-carbazol-3-ol
22	glycozolidal	CID_182690	2,6-dimethoxy-9H-carbazole-3-carbaldehyde
23	skimmianine	CID_6760	Skimmianin 4,7,8-Trimethoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinoline Chloroxylonine
24	γ-fagarine	CID_107936	Fagarine 4,8-dimethoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinoline 8-Methoxydictamine
25	R-(+)-platydesmine	N.A
26	melicarpine	N.A
27	robustine	CID_164950	4-methoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinolin-8-ol
28	haplopine	CID_5281846	Heliparvifoline 4,8-dimethoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinolin-7-ol
29	glycopentaphyllon	N.A
30	acutifolin	CID_5316376	N.A
31	glycocitlone C	CID_10709552	N.A
32	arborine	CID_63123	Glycosine 2-Benzyl-1-methylquinazolin-4(1H)-one Arborin
33	dictamine	CID_68085	4-Methoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinoline-
34	γ-skimmianine	N.A
35	1-hydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-10 methylacridan-9-one	CID_5491358	1-Hydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-N-methylacridone
36	Biscarbalexine A	N.A

Crude methanolic extract of Glycosmis pentaphylla leaves showed higher antioxidant activity with an IC50 value of 37.62 µg/ml than the result of the present study.

Source : Aye et al.,2019

3D phytochemicals

AMMPDB VER.1.1

Glycosmis pentaphylla

Common name : Ban nimbu

Source : Aye et al.,2019