Cissus sicyoides

Cissus sicyoides
Cissus sicyoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus
Species: C. sicyoides
Binomial name
Cissus sicyoides
L. 1759
Synonyms

Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis 1984

Cissus sicyoides, also known as Princess vine, Millionaire vine and Curtain Ivy, is evergreen perennial vine in the Vitaceae (Grapevine) family.

In 2004, an aqueous extract from this plant was found to have hypoglycemic and anti-lipemic effects.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Hypoglycemic and anti-lipemic effects of the aqueous extract from Cissus sicyoides". BMC Pharmacology. 2004-06-08. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=443509. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
Cissus verticillata.

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