(LAURACEAE) Cassytha filiformis L.
Local name(s): (Kheung keow/kham)
Medicinal use(s): treat fatigue, headache
Part(s) used: vine
Field Characters: Thin vine.
Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Paksan District, Pun Ngam Village.
Habitat: Growing on various trees and shrubs in dense secondary forest near a rice field.
Altitude: 163 m asl.
Collector(s): A. Libman, O. Souliya
Collection number(s): LAOS_619 (= Libman 619)
Collection Date: August 5, 2004
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2256547.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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Medicinal properties:
Chang FR, Chao YC, Teng CM, Wu YC. Chemical constituents from Cassytha filiformis II. J Nat Prod 1998, 61(7):863-6. DOI: 10.1021/np970348g
Khabiya R, Karati D, Dwivedi S, et al, The promising role of bioactive congeners present in Cassytha filiformis in Alzheimer's disease: An explicative review. Brain Disorders 2024, volume 13, 100125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dscb.2024.100125.
Huang Z-B, Zhang L, Dong L, et al. Research progress of Cassytha filiformis L. Journal of Hainan Medical University 2022, Vol 28, Issue 12, p 59-64. https://journals.muhn.edu.cn/jhmuen/article/abstract/202212011?st=article_issue