Stems single or with ascending branches from near base, 357 mm thick, sometimes slightly fistulose, smooth and glabrous. But the effect of eae for tumor cells in vivo has not been reported. Euphorbia helioscopia name synonyms euphorbion helioscopium l. It has been investigated euphorbia species until now. Seventeen new jatrophane diterpenoid esters, helioscopianoids aq 1 17, were isolated from the whole plants of euphorbia helioscopia. The new york flora atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. Helioscopianoids aq, bioactive jatrophane diterpenoid esters. Euphorbia helioscopia madwomans milk pfaf plant database. To download the original size of this image, click on the. Some euphorbias are commercially widely available, such as poinsettias at christmas. Show all show tabs madwomans milk general information. Blood sampling was done by cardiac puncture after 14 days from each group for biochemical. The organization for economic cooperation and development oecd for chemical testing guidelines no.
Is folklore use of euphorbia helioscopia devoid of toxic effects. Euphorbia is sometimes used in ordinary english to collectively refer to all members of euphorbiaceae in deference to the type genus, not just to members of the genus. The bioactive substance investigation of euphorbia ebracteolata obtained 17 compounds by various chromatographic techniques. Materials and methods plant collection the fresh plant specimens of euphorbia helioscopia l. This page was last edited on 6 september 2017, at 21. Euphorbia helioscopia in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Physicochemical analysis determination of moisture contents, total ash, water insoluble ash, sulphated ash, acid insoluble ash, and water and alcohol extractives. Once used as a treatment for warts from the plants milky sap, which is poisonous. Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family euphorbiaceae. Chemical constituents and biological activities article pdf available january 2012 with 2,010 reads. Secoheliosphanes a 1 and b 2 and secoheliospholane a 3, possessing an unusual 7,8secojatrophane skeleton and an unprecedented 9,10seco7,10epoxyjatropholane skeleton, respectively, were isolated from the whole plants of euphorbia helioscopia, along with two biogenetically precursors, a new jatrophane diterpene, 2epieuphornin i 4 and a known jatrophane diterpene, euphoscopin a 5. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This species is poisonous to humans and livestock and its milky sap.
Sun spurge is one of the more common of the small amount of genus euphorbia species that grow in finland. Ten known compounds, helioscopinolide a1, helioscopinolide b2, scopoletin3, scoparone4, isoscopoletin5, licochalone. Lathyrane diterpenes from euphorbia prolifera and their inhibitory activities on lpsinduced no production sesquiterpenes and diterpenes from euphorbia thymifolia diterpenes and phloracetophenones from euphorbia portulacoides. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant. Cytotoxic macrocyclic diterpenoids from euphorbia helioscopia. Euphorbia helioscopia wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Sun spurge is a somewhat rare weed of pastures, hayfields, and winter small grains in. Pollination study of euphorbia helioscopia euphorbiaceae. The sap contains a latex which is toxic on ingestion and highly irritant externally, causing photosensitive skin reactions and severe inflammation, especially on contact with eyes or open cuts. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of europe, northern africa, and eastward through most of asia folk names include wart spurge, umbrella milkweed and madwomans milk.
Pharmacological evaluation of euphorbia helioscopia l. Euphorbia euphorbia sp plant profiler sigmaaldrich. The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. A study was planned to count into the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of euphorbia helioscopia.
This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Plants profile for euphorbia helioscopia madwomans milk. Folk names include wart spurge, umbrella milkweed and madwomans milk. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. It is a yerbaceous annual plant, native tae maist o europe, northren africae, an eastwart throu maist o asie. To study the chemical constituents of euphorbia helioscopia. Sun spurge euphorbia helioscopia is regarded as an environmental weed in western australia.
Their structures were elucidated mainly by spectroscopic methods. The present study aimed to standardize the crude drug from euphorbia helioscopia by doing qualitative and quantitative analysis of different pulverized plant parts and extracts. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. It is common in cultivated land and waste places throughout the uk especially lowland areas clapham et al. Euphorbia helioscopia describiose por carlos linneo y espublizose en species plantarum 1. Groups ii and iii were administered methanol extract of e. Helioscopianoids aq, bioactive jatrophane diterpenoid.
It belongs to the plant family euphorbiaceae and genus euphorbia. It is most common as a weed of cultivated areas, but also invades natural habitats and occasionally even conservation areas e. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Brief description grazyna paczkowska, thursday 29 august 1996. Compounds 110 were isolated and purified by silica gel, sephadex lh20 and rp18 chromatogarphy. Euphorbia helioscopia belongs to euphorbiaceae family which contains 8000 species. This is the profile for the plant euphorbia helioscopia sun spurge tenghud raddiena. Cytotoxic macrocyclic diterpenoids from euphorbia helioscopia article pdf available in archives of pharmacal research 3112. In an early survey of norfolk and bedfordshire it was. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Euphorbia helioscopia ephheoverview eppo global database. Amygdaloides latex, asthma spurge, balsam spurge, bisabolane sesquiterpenoid, caper spurge, christmas flower, dieterpenoids segetanes, jatrophanes, paralianes.
Hepatocellular carcinoma growth is inhibited by euphorbia. Beginning the citological and histoanatomical study of the euphorbia species from the romanian flora, we have published a contribution 7, 8, 9 and three others are in press. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The toxicity can remain high even in dried plant material. Sun spurge is an annual weed of cultivated fields and waste places on sandy and clay loams. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by flies. Sun spurge, euphorbia helioscopia flowers naturegate.
It is used in the treatment of various ailments like warts cure, skin diseases, intestinal parasites, migraine, gonorrhea. Diterpenes from euphorbia paralias diterpenes from euphorbia peplus two diterpenes from euphorbia sieboldiana. Sun spurge, euphorbia helioscopia, poisonous plants. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods and mo 2 oac 4induced ecd analysis, and the structures of compounds 1, 2, and 7 were confirmed by xray crystallography. Occurrence sun spurge is an annual weed of cultivated fields on sandy and clay loams long, 1938. Large image for euphorbia helioscopia madwomans milk. Provides authoritative information on the flora of western australia. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
154751 january 2009 with 173 reads how we measure reads. Euphorbia helioscopia euforbia calenzuola flora italiana. Euforbia calenzuola dipartimento di scienze della vita, universita di trieste progetto dryades picture by andrea moro comune di sgonico, campo coltivato ai margini dellabitato. The plant is probably toxic to stock, but being unpalatable is seldom, if ever, eaten in quantities which cause poisoning. To explore the inhibitory effect of eae and molecular mechanism on hepatocellular carcinoma hcc smmc. Despite of significant numbers of insect visitors in euphorbia species being reported, e. Weed description a winter annual that grows prostrate along the ground with tips and upper stem portions ascending decumbent growth habit. The etoh extracts of the whole plants of euphorbia helioscopia afforded 17 new jatrophane diterpenoid esters, helioscopianoids aq 1 17, along with eight known compounds 1825. Sun spurge, euphorbia helioscopia, poisonous plants illustrations b6aj6n from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. To evaluate acute toxic effects of euphorbia helioscopia in order to assure the safety and usefulness of herbal remedy. The plants former finnish name refers to the way its latex was used to treat dry, flaky eczema that was caused by parasitic fungi.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is. Diterpenes inhibiting no production from euphorbia helioscopia. A large image of euphorbia helioscopia madwomans milk from the usda plants database. Compounds 8 and 16 showed pglycoprotein inhibitory activities, and compounds 2, 8, and 12 showed neuroprotective activities. General information about euphorbia helioscopia ephhe. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed. Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family euphorbiaceae. Physicochemical and phytochemical analysis of euphorbia. It is a yerbaceous annual plant, native tae maist o europe, northren africae, an eastwart throu maist o asie references. Sun spurge is common throughout the uk especially in lowland areas. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of europe, northern africa, and eastward through most of asia. Pdf antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status.
This plant is often found in the wild in northern europe. From a distance, this plant might be confused with cypress spurge euphorbia cyparissias, which has very similar flowers. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 80043 with original publication details. However, the leaves of cypress spurge are much more linear than those of sun spurge and upon closer examination distinguishing between the two species is relatively easy. It has been reported that euphorbia helioscopia has antitussive properties and might be useful in patients with chronic bronchitis 12 the exact mechanism of action is not known. Is folklore use of euphorbia helioscopia devoid of toxic. Secoheliosphanes a and b and secoheliospholane a, three. Physicochemical and phytochemical analysis of euphorbia helioscopia l. Anjum3 1university college of pharmacy, university of the punjab, 2faculty of pharmacy, the university of lahore. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in.