Hibiscus tiliaceus

Phyllanthus virgatus, is rubbed around the ear for ear infections. Extract of different dried parts of the palm are taken orally for filari-asis. A water solution of the cmshed dried bark or husk and grated bark of Hibiscus tiliaceus is used externally to soak fractures and sprains. Crushed aerial root tips of Ficus prolixa are fried with coconut cream made of fresh endosperm, and the resulting oil is taken orally as a laxative in treating serious diseases " . 

Sesquiterpenoids isolated form Pluchea indie, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Thespesia populnea were given full attention. Most sesquiterpenoids isolated form Pluchea indie were eudesmane and eremophilane diterpenoid skeleton, For example, the compounds were depicted in Figure 4. 

Sesquiterpenoids isolated form Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespesia populnea with highly oxygenated structures attracted many scientists attention. Nine oxygenated sesquiterpenoids were isolated from the heartwood of Hibiscus tiliaceus and they are shown in Figure 5. 

Figure 5. Structures of mansonones from Hibiscus tiliaceus...

Some oleanane type triterpenoids with highly oxygenated were isolated form Barringtonia racemosa as shown in Fig 6. Six friedelane type triterpenoids were isolated from bark of Hibiscus tiliaceus collected from Flainan province as shown in Figure 7. 

Ali, S, Singh, P, Thomson, R H. Naturally occurring quinones.Part 28.Sesquiterpe-noid quinones and related compounds from Hibiscus tiliaceus.J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 1. (1980)., 1980, 257-259. 

Feng, C. Chemical constituents of Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespesia populnea [D]. Master s thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2008). 

Anbu, J S, Syam, M, et al. Antitumour activity of Hibiscus tiliaceus Linn. Roots. Iranian Journal of Pharmacology Therapeutics, (2008). 

NarenderSunil Kumar, et al. Antinociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Hibiscus tiliaceus Leaves. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, (2009). 

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