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Bhavamga
Celastrus paniculatus


Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Celastrus
Species: C. paniculatus
Common Names: Common Names Jyotishmati, Black oil plant, Malkangni
Native to C. hindsii

Other plants of the same genus with medicinal properties

    Citrus X aurantium
    Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis
    X citrofortunella mitis
    Citrus reticulata
    Citrus glauca
Morphology:
  • Unarmed Shrub (10m tall), Reddish brown elongating slender branches (23 cm in diameter), long lenticles.
  • Leaves: Simple, alternate, ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate, glabrous, base rounded or acute, petioles 6-12 mm
  • Inflorescence is paniculate
  • Flowers: Yellowish or greenish white, unisexual, petals 3mm

Uses in Tradition systems of medicine

  • Used as brain tonic due to it’s beneficial effect on memory and intellect.
  • Used in Ayurveda in treatment of vatavyadhi (Vatavyadhi includes diseases like arthritis, gout, etc.)
  • seeds were found to have hypolipidemic[15] and antioxidant activity.
  • flower extract is significant for it’s analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities.
  • Crushed roots are used in pneumonia.

Suggested Medicinal Properties

  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Nootropic
  • Digestive Stimulant
  • Antidepressant
  • Nervine Stimulant
  • Carminative
  • Analgesic
  • Diuretic
  • Aphrodisiac
  • Erectogenic
  • Anti-arthritic
  • Antinociceptive
  • Antirheumatic
  • Emmenagogue
  • Diaphoretic (induces perspiration)
  • Thermogenic (produces heat in the body)
  • Intellect promoting
  • Antiproliferative (appears in breast cancer)
  • Antioxidan

Active Phytochemicals

1. Alkaloids
Alkaloids like celastrine, celapanine, celapanigine, celapagine are most prominently found.

2. Polyalcohol
Malangunin, malkanginnol, malkanguniol and paniculatadiol are found.

3. Triterpenoids

4. Sterols: β- amyrin and β-sitosterol

5. Sesquiterpeniod polyol esters
Two sesquiterpene polyol esters have been isolated : 1α, 8β, 14-triacetoxy-9β-furoyloxydihydro- βagarofuran, 1 α, β, 8 β,14-tetraacetoxy-9 β – benzoy-loxydihydro- β-agarofuran and 1 α,8 β – diacetoxy-9β-benzoyloxydihydro-β-agarofuran

Along with fatty acids, sugars and a variety of saponins, flavonoids, triterpenoids, and tannins.

References

1) Deodhar, Ketakee & Shinde, Nanda. (2015). Full Length Review Article CELASTRUS PANICULATUS; MEDICINAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: A REVIEW. International journal of development research. 5. 5526-5531.

2) Kulkarni, Y. A., Agarwal, S., & Garud, M. S. (2015). Effect of Jyotishmati (Celastrus paniculatus) seeds in animal models of pain and inflammation. Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 6(2), 82–88. https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.146540

3) Katekhaye, Shankar & Duggal, Sanjiv & Pal, Amrit. (2011). An Inside Preview of Nutritional and Pharmacological Profile of Celastrus paniculatus. International Journal of Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Research. 1. 19-24.