Nov 16, 2011 it is a perennial herb, grows up to 1 meter in height. Insulin plant costus igneus common name in hindi is keukand and in gujarati pakarmula. Tsjanakua is now known to be todays costus speciosus which originated in india and southeast asia. Rate of protein glycation is increased with hyperglycaemia leading to long term complications of diabetes. It is concluded that costus speciosus root extract possesses anti. This gorgeous perennial plant is characterized by purple floret heads and long lyrate leaves. Costus speciosus, keu, pharmacological activities, phytochemistry, diosgenin. Costus, or kuth, with the scientific name saussurea costus or saussurea lappa, is a thistle species that is native to south asia, especially in jammu, kashmir, the himalayas, the kishenganga valley, and the western ghats. I will cut leaves and stems to ship only its bulb to you, no soil and no pot.
Most common is costus speciosus, also known as crepe ginger. As luck would have it, though, the plant that linnaeus described in 1737 was an entirely different species from south america, that still quite legitimately bears the name costus arabicus. Costus spiral flag costaceae 59 images at phytoimages. The name describes the crepelike, pale pink flowers. Jul 28, 2016 costus igneus a medicinal plant is a magic cure for diabetes. Free radical scavenging activity of rhizome of costus speciosus koen. Fumaria indica, cichorium intybus, and thymoquinone cfct containing costus speciosus, fumaria. Names of costus speciosus in various languages of the world are also given.
International journal of institutional pharmacy and life sciences. Antihyperglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of costus. Costaceae costus family, exotic tropical flowers, herbs and forbs, introduced plants, perennials, white flowers, white hawaiian flowers costus speciosus crepe ginger may 3, 2010 t. This tag should be used on existing categories that are likely to be used by others, even though the real category is elsewhere. Leaves simple, spirally arranged, oblonglanceolate. The effects of wild ginger costus speciosus koen smith. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. The present study aims to evaluate the anticancer property of costunolide isolated from costus speciosus against breast cancer cell lines mcf. Costus speciosus and coccinia grandis as antidiabetic remedies.
I have seen it in every country i have explored for costus. Costus speciosus crepe ginger, canereed, crape ginger. Costus speciosus in male mice innovare academic sciences. Costus speciosus, an important medicinal and ornamental plant cultivated in india belongs to family costaceae zingiberaceae 5 7. This article is from journal of basic and clinical pharmacy, volume 1. Comparative metabolic profiling of costus speciosus leaves. It is also reportedly naturalized in mauritius, reunion, fiji, hawaii, costa rica. Its leaves helps to build up insulin in the human body so it is commonly known as insulin plant. Extract of the plant costus speciosus was evaluated for its potential acaricidal and ovicidal activities against the twospotted spider mite, tetranychus urticae koch, for the first time under laboratory conditions. This metabolic study resulted in the identification of 91 and quantification of 69 metabolites. Abstractrhizome of costus speciosus has been traditionally used for treating inflammatory.
It is found in nearly all parts of central america and tropical south america. Costus are easily distinguished from other commonly cultivated gingers because the leaves spiral around the main stem like a circular stairway. At present, many scientific studies have been carried out or are ongoing on these two plants to. Isolation, purification and characterization of proteinaceous. Hyperglycaemia is a salient feature of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Costus speciosus, cheilocostus speciosus, spiral ginger. Costus speciosus is a flowering plant of spiral ginger family. Transactions of the botanical society of edinburgh. Anticancer and apoptotic effects on cell proliferation of. Costa rica, panama, colombia, ecuador, peru, guyana and brazil. It is also reportedly naturalized in mauritius, reunion, fiji, hawaii, costa rica, belize, melanesia, micronesia, and the west indies.
Costus plants are great for height in the landscape, as they can grow up to 610 feet 23 meters tall. Possible anticancer mechanisms of some costus speciosus. Costunolide, a sesquiterpene lactone, is a biologically active molecule found in most of the medicinally valuable plants. Karyological changes in the callus tissue ofcostus speciosus koen. Costus speciosus, cymbopogon citratus, tabernaemontana coronaria, antituberculosis activity.
Zingiberaceae is a family of about fifty two genera and more than 1,300 species distributed throughout tropical africa, asia, and the americas 3. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of wild ginger costus speciosus koen smith, costaceae rhizome extract on uterine. How costus speciosus is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Specht is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus cheilocostus family costaceae. Four groups of alloxan diabetic rats n 6 were administered orally with different doses of costus speciosus root extract 150, 300 and 450 mgkg bw and a standard drug. The acaricidal activity was performed by studying the mortality, fecundity, fertility and offspring development of adult females at two different temperatures. To evaluate the antidepressant activity of50% aqueousethanol extract of costus speciosus cs leaves in experimental models of depression. Stems m, base slightly woody, apex branched and spirally twisted when old. Chromosome number and dna content in callus culture of costus.
Costus scaber is another of the widespread and variable species of costus. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in costus speciosus. Costus speciosus variegatus variegated crepe ginger 1. Costus speciosus had been used in oriental systems of medicines, to treat diverse ailments. Diosgenin, a naturally occurring steroid saponin found abundantly in c. The present study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro anticancer and apoptotic effects on cell proliferation of diosgenin isolated from c. Cytotoxic impact of costunolide isolated from costus. The present study was focused on nmr, gcms and uplcesimsmsbased metabolic profiling of c. The plant is traditionally used in the treatment of fevers, cough, worm infections, skin diseases and snake bites. Wild ginger costus speciosus koen sm is a medicinal plant wildly distributed in asia. List of various diseases cured by costus speciosus.
It is native to southeast asia and surrounding regions, from india to china to queensland, it is especially common on the greater sunda islands in indonesia. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 343835 with original publication details. Studies have shown that the costus specious and potent effects of a. Costus speciosus herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. The species reproduces vegetatively by rhizomes and is cultivated in india for. M k jha, m b alam, m s hossain, a islam international journal of pharmaceutical sciences and research ijpsr, 2010. The record derives from wcsp which reports it as an accepted name record 343835 with original publication details. Male albino mice were randomly assigned to five groups of six each. It is important not to confuse costus speciosus, c.
International journal of science and research ijsr issn online. Pdf on jan 1, 2011, shruti srivastava and others published costus speciosus keukand. Evaluation of costus speciosus in experimental models of. Antihyperglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of costus speciosus in alloxan induced diabetic rats. In vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of costus speciosus koen. Costus spectabilis is the floral emblem of nigeria. One approach of controlling blood glucose in diabetes targets at reducing the postprandial spikes of blood glucose. The best shoot regeneration was achieved in costus speciosus by using thin rhizome sections.
Cheilocostus speciosus, or crepe ginger, is a species of flowering plants in the genus cheilocostus. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Costus speciosus is an important medicinal plant widely used for the treatment of. Gupta mm, shukla yn, lal rn 1983 investigation of costus iv, chemical studies of saponins of costus speciosus roots. The cultures had been established from the tuber and maintained in modified murashige and skoogs basal medium physiol. Costus speciosus is native to south east asia, especially found in india, srilanka, indonesia and malaysia. The objectives of this study were to assess the in vitro inhibitory effects of costus speciosus. In marathi, malayalam and sanskrit is pushkarmula and in tamil is kostam. Fresh aerial parts of costus speciosus for the proposed work were collected from western ghats of karnataka and authenticated by kvg college of ayurveda, sullia, dakshina kannada, karnataka india. International journal of life science and pharma research.
It is a perennial herb, grows up to 1 meter in height. Apr 29, 2008 the high dose 450 mgkg bw was found to have more potential antioxidant activities compared with glibenclamide. Thidiazuron induced shoot regeneration of costus speciosus koen. The whole plant material was dried under shade, segregated for leaves. Efficient initiation of shoot buds was observed when thin rhizome.
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