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Agniballi
Cardiospermum halicacabum


Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Cardiospermum
Species: Cardiospermum halicacabum
Common Names: Heart Seed Vine, Heart Pea, Balloon Vine, Puff Ball Winter Cherry, Smooth Leaved Heart Seed
Native to Asia, tropical regions of Africa, Australia, North America

Other plants of the same genus with medicinal properties

Morphology:
  • The plant is a climber and has many branches.
  • The stem is 3mm thick.IT reaches of height up to 2 metres.
  • The stem forms internodes between 5 to 10 cm length.
  • The perianth consists of 4 to 5 egg shaped sepals and four petals.
  • There are 8 anthers.
  • The fruit is inflated ob-ovoid ,1.5 to 2.5 cm long triangular and three keeled.
  • This plant is a slender herbaceous, more or less hair, with their vine measuring 1 to 3 metres in length.

Uses in Tradition systems of medicine

  • Used in Ayurveda
  • It is used in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, stiffness of the limbs, and snake bite.
  • Leaves were crushed and made into a tea for itchy skin.
  • Salted leaves were used as a poultice on swelling.
  • The leaf juice has been used as a treatment for earache.
Nutritional Properties
  • Vitamin C and E
  • Provitamin A
  • Carotenoids
  • Protein
  • Carbohydrate
  • Lipids

Suggested Medicinal Properties

  • Anti-oxidant
  • Anti-viral
  • Antidiabetic
  • Anti-arthritic
  • Anti-convulsant
  • Anti-diarrheal
  • Fertility activity
  • Anti - ulcer
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-pyretic
  • Anti-fungal
  • Mosquito repellent property

Active Phytochemicals

1. Methyl oleate ozonide (1,2,4-trioxalane-2 octanic acid) 2. 5-octyl-methyl ester
3. Ethanol (2[9-octadecenyloxyl])
4. 1,2,4-Trioxalane -2-octanic acid
5. Glutamic acid (5 octyl -methyl-ester)

6. Ricinolenic 11-octadecenoic acid

7. 1,2,3-propanetriyl ester
8. 7-methyl 7-tetradecan 1-ol acetate
9. β sitosterol
10. β-sitosterol-β-o- galactoside
11. apigenin7-o-glucoronids
12. leteolin-7-o-glucoronide

References

1.Savitha G, Vishnu Priya V, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Cardiospermum halicacubum Linn. A. Review Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and clinical research, Vol 10, Issue 10,2017.

2.Saravanandaa l, Amal.D, Premarantha and SC Karunarathnad, Immunomodulatory Effect of Cardiospermum halicacabum against cancer (Review Article), ISSN: 2574-1241.DOI:10.26717/BJSTR2018.10.001976.