hydroxylase and cytochrome b5 in rats; increased bile secretion has also been observed.
Fenugreek extract containing trigonelline and trigonellic acid may be used as a hair growth stimulant.
Dosage Seed—3—5 g powder.
(CCRAS.)
Trigonella incisa Benth.
Synonym T polycerata auct. non L. Family Papillionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Punjab plains and Western Himalaya, up to 1,800 m.
Folk Sainji, Chini, Shirgona (Punjab), Chainhari (Delhi), Methi (related species).
Action Seeds—antidiarrhoeic.
Aerial parts and pods contain steroidal sapogenins—diosgenin 0.04, 0.25; and tigogenin 0.008, 0.18% respective ly. Various plant parts and tissues in culture contain flavonoids, the major being luteolin, besides kaempferol, quercetin and apigenin.
676 Trigonella uncata Boiss.
Trigonella uncata Boiss.
Family Papilionaceae, Fabaceae. Habitat Afghanistan, Persia.
English Tonkin Bean, Melilot, King’s Crown.
Unani Iklil-ul-Malik (also equated with Melilotus alba Desv., and
Astragalus homosus Linn.).
Folk Sainji (white-flowered var.).
Action Beans—anti-inflammatory, anodyne, diuretic, emmenagogue.
(Indian species, bearing smaller beans, has been equated with Trigonella corniculata and is known as Pirang.)
Triphasia trifolia
(Burm. f.) P. Wils.
Family Rutaceae.
Habitat Wild in parts of Peninsular India; cultivated in gardens.
English Lime Berry, Myrtle-Lime, Chinese Lime.
Folk Chinese Naarangi.
F T) Action Leaves—used in skin diseases and in preparation of bath salts. Ripe fruits—used against cough.
The leaves contain the alkaloid 0- methylhalfordinol and coumarins, including umbelliferone, isomeranzin and triphasiol.
