Anti-Cancer Plant: BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA (ETIPONLA)

Boerhaavia diffusa KNOWN AS ETIPONLA IN YORUBA, is a perennial creeping weed found in tropics and sub-tropics is a well-known ethno-medicinal plant. The whole plant as well as its different parts (leaves, roots and stems) and plant extracts have been widely used in various traditional and folklore systems of medicine for treatment of various ailments.

A number of phytochemicals e.g. flavonoids (C-methylflavone, 5,7-dihydroxy-3’,4’-dimethoxy- 6,8-dimethylflavone 3,5,4′-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyflavone, 6’, 5’-dimethoxy-5, 7, 3-trihydroxyflavone,  borhavone, 3,3’,5-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone, 4’,7-dihydroxy-3’-methylflavone), alkaloids (punarnavine), glycosides (punarnavoside, eupalitin3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1’’’2’’)-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, 3,4- dimethoxyphenyl-1-O-β-D apiofuranosyl-(1’’3’)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside), rotenoids (boeravinone A-H),  steroids, triterpenoids, lipids, lignans, carbohydrates, proteins, and glycoproteins etc have been reported from the herb.

Several researchers have confirmed biological, pharmacological and clinical activities of the plant and its phyto-constituents. Some of the promising effects of this plant include diuretic, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrinolytic, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, immuno-modulatory, immuno-suppressive, anti-lymphoproliferative, analgesic properties and used in treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Besides some fewer promising effects exhibited by this plant includes non-teratogenic, antioxidant, anti-viral activity against plant viruses, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, adaptogenic, anti-amoebic, lipotropic and anticonvulsant activities.

Combination of Boerhavia diffusa and few other herbs are part of our cancer therapy program with great results over the years.

If you have cancer and want to consider using natural medicine approaches, you can talk to us.

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