from infection.
A related species, U rhynchophylla, native to China, known as Gou Teng in Chinese medicine, is used for eclampsia, headache,
dizziness, convulsions, high fever and hypertension. (WHO.)
Unona desmos Raeusch.
Synonym Desmos cochinchinensis Lour.
Family Annonaceae.
Habitat Assam.
Action Root—febrifuge.
The roots contain a desmoflavone. A cycloartane triterpenoid desmosinol has been isolated from stem. The root
Habitat Malaysia and Indonesia.
Uraria alopecuroides Wight.
of U discolor Vahl, synonym Desmos chinensis Lour. (forests of north-east, south and west India) is given for vertigo.
The root contains a flavonoid desmal. Desmal inhibited tyrosine kinase in situ in epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor overexpressing NIH3T3 (ERIZ) cells. It also inhibited EGF-induced inositol phosphate formation and morphological changes.
Uraria alopecuroides Wight.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Grasslands and forest- glades from Uttar Pradesh to Assam and in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Ayurvedic Prishniparni (related species).
