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Boophone disticha

Bulb decoctions of Boophone disticha are used by the Zulu to treat headaches, chest and bladder pains and hysteria. The Sotho and Xhosa use bulbs as a dressing for circumcision and narcotics while the leaves are used for the treatment of skin diseases. Khai and San people use bulbs as arrow poison (43, 44, 45). In Zimbabwe, the bulb is used for constipation, bums, oedema, wounds, rash, dizziness and lucky charms (46). [Pg.155]

The ethanolic extracts of the iimer scales of the bulb of Boophone disticha exhibited a significant decrease in ATP production while superoxide production was significantly inhibited by aqueous extracts of the inner and outer scales of the bulb when tested in isolated human neutrophils (110). [Pg.165]

Crinane alkaloids from Boophone disticha (Amaryllidaceae) grown in southern Africa are known as bioactive compounds against bacteria. Both buphanidrine and distichamine are toxic to Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, and Bacillus subtilis. ... [Pg.359]

Cheesman L, Nair JJ, van Staden J. Antibacterial activity of crinane alkaloids from Boophone disticha (AmaryUidaceae). J Ethnopharmacol 2012 140(2) 405. ... [Pg.401]

Neergaard JS, Andersen., Pedersen ME, Stafford GI, van Staden J, Jager AK (2008) Alkaloids from Boophone disticha with affinity for the serotonin transporter. Planta Med 74 PA65... [Pg.517]

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