Nenas Kerang

Nenas Kerang
Scientific Name	Rhoeo discolor
Synonyms	Rhoeo spathacea, Tradescantia spathacea Sw
Family	Cammelinaceae

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Oyster plant, Moses in the cradle (Eng).

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A stout perennial herbaceous, 0.5m in height, the stem thick and unbranced. Leaves: lanceolate, acuminate, 40 to 60 cm long wide, fleshy, the upper surface dark green, the lower purple. Flowers: inflorescence, white(1).

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Treatment for cough, cold, nose bleeding, blood in the stool. Dosege: use 15 to 84 gms dried material or 20 to 30 pieces dried material in decoction(1).

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Anti-liver cancer

The plant aqueous extract (ACE) administration reduced the number and area of preneoplastic lesions with dose below 20 mg/kg body weight and secondly, ACE administration neither presented a promoting or initiator effects nor induced the development of AHF. Results of this investigation justify continuing with further studies of Rhoeo discolor components to develop chemoprevention strategies as an option in the treatment of cancer (Rosales-Reyes et al 2008). 

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The sap is considered poisonous (1).

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 Rosales-Reyes T., M. Garza, C. Arias-Castro, M. Rodriguez-Mendiola, S. Fattel-Fazenda, E. Arce-Popoca, S. Hernandez-Garcia, S. Villa-Trevino (2008). Aqueous crude extract of Rhoeo discolor, a Maxican medicinal plat, decreases the formtion of liver preneoplastic foci in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 115(3), Pg 381-386.

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