Sembuluh

Sembuluh
Scientific Name	Persicaria chinensis (L)H. Gross
Family	Polygonaceae
Common Name	Chinese smartweed, chinese knotweed

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Native to South East Asia. It is available in Malaysia, Thailand, Indoneisa, China, India Japan, Korea and others.

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{slider=General Appearances}

Perennial plant grows up to 1 m height; the leaf petioles are winged and the stalk of the inflorescence has glands along its length. Leaf arrangement alternate. Flower petal color: pink to red or white. Habitat terrestrial

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{slider=Chemical Contents}

Saponin, tannin, coumarin and triterpenes, flavones, flavanones, gums, phenolic compound.

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{slider=Traditional Uses}

To treat stomach ache and gastric pain

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Antihelmintic

Aqueous and methanol extracts  showed good in vitro anthelmintic activity indose dependent manner The anthelmintic activity efficacy of P. chinenisis leaf extracts may be implied by the presence of chemical pronciples like saponins and tannins. (Lai SM. et al 2012).

Antibacterial

Aquaeous extract showed moderate antibacterial and antifungal activity against all fungi and most bacteria except M. luteus, P. hauseri, S. viridans and V. cholerae. Methanol extract displayed variable antimicrobial activity against the selected pathogens, but it posessessed potent antibacterial and antifungal activity against M. luteus and M. racemosus respectively. Klebsiela pneumoniae was greatly inhibited (p<0.001) by all leaf extracts. (Lai et al., 2012).

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{slider=Reference}

Lai S.M., D. Sudhahar and K. Anandarajagopal (2012). In vitro Anthelmintic Potential of Persicaria chinensis leaves. International Journal of Biological & Pharmaceutical Research, 3(3), 400-404.

Lai S.M. D. Sudhahar, K. Anandaragopal (2012). Evaluation of Antibacterial and antifungal activities of Persicaria chinensis leaves. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. Vol 3 (8) Pg 2825-2830.

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/persicaria/chinensis/

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