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Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus: A Medicinal Plant

Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus: A Medicinal Plant

Mohammed Rahmatullah, Khoshnur Jannat, Gerald R. Reeck, Rownak Jahan, Taufiq Rahman, Nasrin A. Shova, Maidul Islam
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799813200|ISBN10: 1799813207|EISBN13: 9781799813217
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1320-0.ch005
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Rahmatullah, Mohammed, et al. "Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus: A Medicinal Plant." Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine, edited by Akash Akash, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 82-104. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1320-0.ch005

APA

Rahmatullah, M., Jannat, K., Reeck, G. R., Jahan, R., Rahman, T., Shova, N. A., & Islam, M. (2020). Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus: A Medicinal Plant. In A. Akash, N. Navneet, & B. Bhandari (Eds.), Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine (pp. 82-104). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1320-0.ch005

Chicago

Rahmatullah, Mohammed, et al. "Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus: A Medicinal Plant." In Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine, edited by Akash Akash, Navneet Navneet, and B.S. Bhandari, 82-104. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1320-0.ch005

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Abstract

Cyperus rotundus (nut grass in English) is a perennial erect sedge plant and is distributed in over 90 countries of the world, where it has been mostly classified as a highly invasive weed. Despite this classification, the plant has been considered from traditional times to be medicinally important. The traditional uses of the plant in various countries include uses against various gastrointestinal tract disorders, skin diseases, leprosy, fever, and neurological disorders. Evaluation of the plant and especially its rhizomes in a scientific manner has revealed the presence of numerous phytochemicals and wide-ranging pharmacological activities, which include anti-microbial, gastrointestinal, wound healing, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-malarial, anti-obesity, hepatoprotective, and anti-pyretic activity. The scientific validation of a number of traditional uses strongly indicates that the plant may prove useful in the discovery of a number of lead compounds and novel drugs.

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