The genus morinda consists more than 80 species, johanssen, 1994, mcclatchy, 2002. This research focused to measure the antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory effects of m. Morinda is a genus of flowering plants in the madder family, rubiaceae. Pdf elemental composition, evaluation of antinutrients, and. The leaves are used in the treatment of fever, malaria, and diabetes 1. Introduction edicinal plants contain secondary metabolites which are used for therapeutic purposes and have been applied for several decades to serve as precursors for the synthesis of new drugs 1. A total of 20 wistar rats 120g160g were used for this research. The rats were randomly selected into four groups of five animals each. Morinda lucida belong to kingdom plantae, it is one of the 80 species in the genus morinda of the pyroidea family, and it is a tropical rainforest tree. Taxonomic studies of the genus morinda in thailand have been presented on checklist or description of new.
Noni morinda citrifolia was a prized possession in ancient polynesia, and it was the symbol of life for the people of tahiti. The management of blood glucose level is the hallmark in the treatment of this disease. Decoctions of the roots, barks and leaves are recognized remedies against different types of fever, including yellow fever and malaria 2. Effect of essential oils from two nigerian medicinal. Leaf extract of morinda lucida improves pancreatic beta. Isolation of alkaloid from a medical plant a case study. Truage nutritionals, skincare, and original tahitian noni juice. The celosia seeds were sown in sterilized soil filled into pots. Find patient medical information for morinda citrifolia fruit oral on webmd including its uses, side effects and safety, interactions, pictures, warnings and user ratings.
Pdf antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change its response to the use of a particular drug and is one of the biggest threats to global. The different parts of morinda lucida plant were collected from idah local government area of kogi state. The detecting of alkaloid content from the extract of morinda lucida with diodal reagent like mayers reagent and wagner and lugols reagent has a larger yield. The inhibition of amylase by all the extracts at lower concentrations 0. Anticoccidial effects of morinda lucida acetone extracts. Antioxidant activities were evaluated by microdilution.
Morinda lucida benth is a mediumsized tree used as a medicinal plant in west africa especially in nigeria. The editor generates tex or pg webwork code inside the decorated text box and show the result as the mathematical expression is built. Biomed research international and glucosidase has been isolated from medicinal plants to serve as an alternative drug with increased potency and lesser adverse e ects than existing synthetic drugs. Effects of the crude water extract of the leaves of morinda. Oyesola ojewunmi 1, tope oshodi 2, omobolanle ogundele 3, chijioke micah 4 and sunday adenekan 1.
Cucurbitaceae, the wild variety of bitter melon and morinda lucida benth rubiaceae were commonly used as a popular folk medicine in benin. The result obtained indicated that the treatments had significant effect on number of leaves, plants height, number of branches, wet root weight, dry leaf weight, dry root weight and root gall index. Morinda lucida belong to rubiceae family and according to benthey k, w, roger m. Tree diversity and its ecological importance value in organic. Cognitiveenhancing properties of morinda lucida rubiaceae. Pdf phytochemical screening and evaluation of antioxidant.
Alphaamylase inhibition potential of the morinda lucida extracts was determined figure 1. Insecticidal activity and chemical composition of the. In this study, the antidiarrheal effect of aqueous extracts dried and fresh forms of m. The percentage yield extracts of the respective plants were morinda lucida leaves 12. Morinda noni juice truage products tahitianmiracle.
Four of these were active against cladosporium cucumerinum and candida albicans in bioautographic tlc assays. Evaluation of the antidiabetic property of morinda lucida leaves in streptozotocindiabetic rats. Chemical composition of root and stem bark extracts of. The wood of morinda lucida yields yellow to red dyes. A commonly used tonic herb in chinese herbal treatments, ba ji tian, or morinda root in english, is so popular probably because of its special relationship with kidney, an organ linking so closely to libido in traditional chinese medicine tcm theory. There are no related plants for species morinda lucida. The bole and branches are often crooked or gnarled. Morinda lucida introduction morinda lucida is an important plant in traditional medicine. The experimental pots were each inoculated two weeks after planting. The active components in the fruits of these morinda plant species were extracted with 90% methanol. The noni morinda citrifolia, a small evergreen tree, is native to south east asia indonesia to australia and is a member of the rubiaceae family. Evaluation of the antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of aqueous extracts of morinda lucida and saccharum officinarum leaves in alloxaninduced diabetic rats. Morinda lucida is a medium sized tree at maturity up to 1825 evergreen shrub with bole and. Morinda lucida attenuates acetaminopheninduced oxidative.
The relative abundance of nitrogen fixing trees was 6% ha1 on organic farms whilst that of conventional farms was 2. The bole and branches are often crooked or gnarled299. Research article effects of methanol extract of morinda. Effects of dumpsites air pollution on the ascorbic acid and. The plant which grows to a height of about 15m, has crown dense branchlets, possesses slender leaves which are broadly ell. Evaluation of the wound healing activity of ethanolic extract of morinda citrifolia l. Jquery mathview is a jquery extension allowing the user to decorate any text field with an inline mathematical expression editor. Qualitative and quantitave evaluation of the phytochemicals in dry, wet and oil extracts of the leaf of morinda lucida.
Effects of the crude water extract of the leaves of morinda lucida on the germination and growth of amaranthus spinosus and amaranthus hybridus. Don dur and schinz and morinda lucida were also relatively abundant on the young conventional farms. Hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity evaluation in wistar albino. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of glucose metabolism.
In this present study therefore, the nutritional proximate and phytochemical evaluation of the fresh and dried. Anthraquinone production by cell suspension cultures of morinda citrifolia, planta medica, july 1975. Local herbal cures for malaria validated the guardian. Bioactivity guided fractionation of a dichloromethane extract of morinda lucida benth. In nigeria and gabon the root bark is used to dye textiles into scarlet red. Its fruit was used to sustain health and fight disease, and its leaves were used to soothe wounds and provide relief for pain and ailments. Pdf phytochemical screening and antimicrobial study on the. Morinda lucida, staphylococcus aureus, methicillin, antibacterial, antibiotic resistance. This may be achieved through the use of oral hypoglycemic drugs such as biguanides, insulin secretagogues, and. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Rubiaceae 2n 56 is an evergreen shrub which flowers and fruits throughout the year and grown in the tropical.
Morinda lucida is a tropical west african evergreen shrub or small to medium sized rainforest tree, having brown colored bark, white flowers and yellowish ellipsoid seeds. The insecticidal activity was compared with two pesticides, phostoxin and primoban20. This study evaluated the cognitive enhancing potentials of morinda lucida l rubiaceae and peltophorum pterocarpum dc ex. Hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity evaluation in wistar. Pdf pharmacological properties and clinical applications. F and wink m, rubiceae family yields alkaloid in larger quantity than other plant family.
Comparative study of the effect of methanol fruit extracts. Phytochemical screening and evaluation of antioxidant and proximate properties of morinda lucida ethanolic extract article pdf available january 2016 with 439 reads how we measure reads. The quantitative phytochemical analysis revealed in %100mg, saponin in the stem and root extract respectively to be 12. Diarrhea remains a major health burden in developing society till date. Morinda citrifolia fruit juice nigeria lowered fasting blood glucose among alloxaninduced diabetic rats fed noni juice with or without insulin 75.
Group b were given 6400 mgkg aqueous extract of morinda lucida for 4 weeks, group c were given 6400 mgkgbw aqueous extract of morinda lucida for 4 weeks and. What are the benefits of morinda morinda citrifolia, commonly known as noni, is the fruit of a tree native to southeast asia, where it has been consumed for 2,000 years. Proximate analysis and phytochemical composition of fresh. Its fruit is known worldwide by many vernacular names. Morinda lucida benth rubiaceae is a versatile plant used in traditional medicine of many countries for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Group b, c and d served as the negative and positive control groups while group e, f and g were treated with 400, 600 and 800 mgkg body weight of methanolic leaf extract of morinda lucida. Carbon credits in prosopis africana, parkia biglobosa, morinda lucida and daniellia oliveri were investigated in makurdi, benue state, nigeria over twelve months november 2015 to october 2016 as losses through litter production.
Indepth investigation of activity against three human pathogenic fungi showed that alizarin1methyl ether displayed the. Yahia, in postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits. Antibacterial activity of aqeous and ethanol extracts of the stem bark of alstonia and morinda lucida, sci. Lemon grass cymbopogon citrates, morinda morinda lucida and castor oil ricinus communis on the radial mycelial growth control and inhibition of these two fungi were evaluated at. International journal of drug research and technology. The oils also significantly reduced aflatoxin synthesis in inoculated maize grains. On occasions of national grief or the death of a chief, the ashanti people of ghana dye cotton cloths red with the root bark of morinda lucida. Morinda citrifolia, also known as noni, has been used for hundreds of years throughout polynesia for a variety of conditions. Morinda lucida benth is a mediumsized tree used as a medicinal plant in west. In an acute oral toxicity study by adeneye and agbaje, morinda lucida leaf extract was documented to be nonlethal in rats at 2000mgkg body weight. Some chemical constituents of morinda citrifolia planta medica, june 1979. The crude leaf extract of morinda lucida was investigated for inhibitory activity on salmonella typhi,pseudomonas aeruginosa and. C adejo et al, at prod chem res 21, s1 p r natural. In 1996, morinda introduced the world to the noni fruit with its flagship product tahitian noni juice.
Litterfall rate and composition were measured using litter traps and quadrats on the floor, while carbon was. Today, we remain the worldwide leader in noni juice and nonibased products. Although it is very bitter, yet the whole plants, leaves, stem bark and roots are known to have medicinal properties. Morinda citrifolia has been reported to help in a plethora of issues. Comparative effects of leaf extracts and powder of morinda. Morinda lucida linn, rubiaceae is a tropical plant indigenous to west africa, has crown dense branchelets, slender leaves, with yellow wood. Evaluation of the antidiabetic and antioxidant activities. The genus morinda is placed in the tribe morindeae, subfamily rubioideae and the systematic af. The effect of aqueous extract of morinda lucida on. Morinda citrifolia is a fruitbearing tree in the coffee family, rubiaceae. Medium lethal doses of the extracts ld 50 were investigated using lorke method. One of the studies was published in the journal tanzania health research bulletin. Decoctions and infusions or plasters of root, bark and leaves are recognized remedies against different types of fever, including yellow fever, malaria, trypanosomiasis, feverish. Results of the chemical composition of root and stem bark ethanol extracts of nauclea latifolia are presented in tables 1a, b and c above.
Pdf effects of methanol extract of morinda lucida leaves in. Morinda lucida belongs to the plant family rubiaceae. Today, through unmatched research and study, weve unlocked the many benefits. The generic name is derived from the latin words morus mulberry, from the appearance of the fruits, and indica, meaning of india. Activities of morinda officinalis in streptozotocininduced diabetic rats. Brimstone tree, botanical name morinda lucida is a medium size tree with short crooked branches. Activity of three medicinal plants on fungi isolated from.
Evaluation of the antidiabetic property of morinda lucida leaves in. A potted experiment was carried out to study effects of carbofuran furadan a synthetic nematicide and morinda lucida brimstone tree leaf powder and aqueous extract on rootknot infection, growth and yield of celosia argentea. Acute toxicity and genotoxic effects of all parts of. It has been shown to be immune system modulating, anticancer, antidiabetic, a strong antimicrobial and to enhance cognitive abilities, etc. Supplementation with aqueous leaf extract of morinda lucida. Introduction morinda lucida linn family rubiaceae is a tropical plant indigenous to some west african countries such as nigeria, ghana, cameroons etc iwu and anyanwu, 1982. Ba ji tian morinda root tonic herb chinese herbs healing.
The numerous ethnomedicinal properties of morinda lucida, an evergreen rainforest mediumsized tree also known as brimstone tree, have called for a serious research investigation of all the various parts, including the fruits, in order to promote maximum utilization of the plant. Its native range extends across southeast asia and australasia, and the species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalized. The extract promoted gastric emptying time in rats and intestinal motility in mice. The result of acute oral toxicity ld 50 of morinda lucida leaf extract was found to be greater than 6400mgkg body weight as no mortality was recorded in any group of experimental rats. Antidiabetic properties of noni leaves methanol extracts of dried morinda lucida leaves nigeria reduction of plasma glucose was significantly higher with m. Morinda in world checklist of selected plant families. Foods free fulltext exploring antioxidant and enzymes. Antinociceptive, antiinflammatory and antipyretic effects of. It is widely used in traditional medicine systems of different countries.
Jquery extension adding a math expression editor to any text box. Gcms, aas, antioxidant and antiplasmodial activities of. Description of study area ibadan is located at longitude 72. Extracts of picralima nitida seeds, detarium microcarpum stem bark, aframomum melagueta seeds, terminalia catappa leaves, acacia nilotica pods, and morinda lucida stem bark, are under consideration for development into suitable dosage forms for treating diabetes mellitus, sickle cell anemia and malaria.
Foods free fulltext exploring antioxidant and enzymes a. Edit links this page was last edited on 18 december 2019, at 07. All morinda species bear aggregate or multiple fruits that can be fleshy like morinda citrifolia or dry. Olanrewaju roland akinseye, ale ebenezer morayo, akinwale samuel olawumi. Please note that this is a trial program and may end. Access is allocated within two business days of purchase and lasts one year.
Insecticidal activity and chemical composition of the morinda. Morinda lucida is an evergreen shrub or small to mediumsized tree bearing a dense crown of slender, crooked branches. The growth of a toxigenic aspergillus flavus decreased progressively with increasing concentration of essential oils from leaves of azadirachta indica, morinda lucida and seeds of a. The dried methanol extract of the leaves of morinda lucida benth was studied for its effects on gastric emptying in rats and intestinal motility in mice. The propanol and aqueous leaves extracts of morinda lucida. Rubiaceae roots has led to the isolation often anthraquinones. Media in category morinda the following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.
Evaluation of the antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of. Efforts aimed at ameliorating this condition is very imminent. The extracts were administered to groups of rats groups 1. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Physicochemical analysis of the aqueous extracts of six. This paper studies effects of the leafextract of morinda lucida on the. Therapeutic effects of the crude methanol extract of morinda lucida root and its fractions were evaluated in plasmodium berghei infected mice by assessing the curative effect and mean survival period after administration of the extracts. The genus morinda benth belonging to the family rubiaceae juss. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of morinda lucida leaf. Distributed in all tropical regions of the world, morinda includes 80 species of trees, shrubs or vines.
Morinda lucida rubiaceae is a tropical plant commonly used in western nigeria for the treatment of malaria. Among some 100 names for the fruit across different regions are the more common english names of great morinda, indian mulberry, noni, beach mulberry, and cheese fruit. Decoctions and infusions or plasters of root, bark and leaves are recognized remedies against different types of. The many benefits derived from morinda lucida is owed to the high contents of vitamins a, k and e, alkaloids and other phytochemicals which are powerful antioxidant bioactive. Rubiaceae is a tropical west africa rainforest tree also called brimstone tree dalziel, 1973. Isolation, identification and biosynthesis of anthraquinones in cell suspension cultures of morinda citrifolia, planta medica, may 1975. Morinda lucida compete favorable with antibiotics, hence it is recommended for treating typhoid fever references 1. Antispermatogenic activity of morinda lucida extract in male rats. Air dried stem bark of morinda lucida was powdered and extracted with 95 % vv methanol and the extract concentrated at 40oc using rotary evaporator. The extract did not induce gastric ulceration in rats. Cognitive disorders associated with aging have been successfully managed by african traditional medical practitioners using various plants. Most species of this genus originate in the area of borneo, new guinea, northern australia and new caledonia in traditional japanese, korean and chinese medicine, morinda.
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