(Lamiaceae) Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb.
Local name(s): ກົກຕັບເຕົ່າ (Kok tab tao)
Medicinal use(s): treat cases of hepatitis (liver disease)
Part(s) used: stem
Field Characters: Shrub, flowers white with dark pink bracts.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. GPS reading: At vicinity of 20o 39.858’ N; 102o 00.033’ E.
Habitat: Forest at bottom of slope in a broadleaved, mixed evergreen lowland tropical rainforest on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 740 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 15135
Collection Date: September 27, 2014
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2314183.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
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Useful references:
Chanu WK, Chatterjee A, Singh N, et al. Phytochemical screening, antioxidant analyses, and in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activities of herbal medicinal plant - Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb. J Ethnopharmacol. 2024, 1;321:117466. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117466. Epub 2023 Nov 21. PMID: 37981115.
Gadade JP, Patil SA. Cytotoxic effect of Rotheca serrata on cancer cell lines MCF-7 and neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2024, 20(1):181-188. DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1325_22.
Patel JJ, Acharya SR, Acharya NS. Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon. – A review on traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2014, volume 154, issue 2, pages 268-285, ISSN 0378-8741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.071.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874114002785)
Shashiraj KN, Nayaka S, Kumar RS. Rotheca serrata flower bud extract mediated biio-friendly preparation of Silver Nanoparticles: Their characterizations, anticancer, and apoptosis inducing ability against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell line. Processes 2023, 11(3), 893; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11030893