- Terminalia arjuna
Taxobox
name = "Terminalia arjuna"
image_caption = Fruit at Kolkata, India
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Combretaceae
genus = "Terminalia"
species = "T. arjuna"
binomial = "Terminalia arjuna""Terminalia arjuna" is a medicinal plant of the genus "Terminalia", widely used by Ayurvedic physicians for its curative properties in organic/functional heart problems including angina,
hypertension and deposits in arteries. According to Ayurvedic texts it also very useful in the treatment of any sort of pain due a fall,ecchymosis ,spermatorrhoea and sexually transmitted diseases such asgonorrhoea . Arjuna bark ("Terminallia arjuna") is thought to be beneficial for the heart. This has also been proved in a research by Dr. K. N. Udupa inBanaras Hindu University 's Institute of Medical Sciences , Varanasi (India). In this research, they found that powdered extract of the above drug provided very good results to the people suffering from Coronary heart diseases.Fact|date=July 2008Research suggests that "Terminalia" is useful in alleviating the pain of
angina pectoris and in treatingheart failure andcoronary artery disease . Terminalia may also be useful in treatinghypercholesterolemia cite journal |author=Miller AL |title=Botanical influences on cardiovascular disease |journal=Altern Med Rev |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=422–31 |year=1998 |pmid=9855567] . The cardioprotective effects of terminalia are thought to be caused by theantioxidant nature of several of the constituentflavonoids and oligomeric proanthocyanidins, while positiveinotropic effects may be caused by thesaponin glycosides .In addition to its cardiac effects, "Terminalia" may also be protective against gastric ulcers, such as those caused by
NSAIDs cite journal |author=Devi RS, Narayan S, Vani G, Shyamala Devi CS |title=Gastroprotective effect of Terminalia arjuna bark on diclofenac sodium induced gastric ulcer. |journal=Chem Biol Interact |volume=167 |issue=1 |pages=71–83 |year=2007 |pmid=17327128 |doi=10.1016/j.cbi.2007.01.011 ] .ee also
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