Cissampelos
Sign in to saveCissampelos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison during hunting.
Species
Cape Moonseed Vine
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyMenispermaceae
Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia
Observations1,676
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Research
152 papers- Cissampelos pareira L.: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021
- Phytochemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Plants from the Genus Cissampelos.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2021
- From arrow poison to herbal medicine--the ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological significance of Cissampelos (Menispermaceae).Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2014
- Secondary Metabolites from Cissampelos, A Possible Source for New Leads with Anti-Inflammatory Activity.Current medicinal chemistry · 2017
- Cytotoxic Polyhydroxylated Oleanane Triterpenoids from Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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Article
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Cissampelos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Various species of this genus have a history of use in various traditions of herbal medicine. Moreover, many of these plants were used as curare applied as arrow poison during hunting.
Cissampelos pareira is used in Chinese herbology. The species is also known as abuta in Ayurvedic medicine. The Maasai people of Kenya use Cissampelos mucronata as a forage for their cattle.