Scurrula parasitica

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• Published Subscription 22 Apr 2013

  Anti-nociceptive Potential of Scurrula parasitica: An Unexploited Parasitic Plant

  By Nilesh Mahajan, Parag Joshi, Manish Kondawar, K. L. Senthil Kumar, V. Vaidhyalingam

  Abstract: Scurrula parasitica (Loranthaceae) is an herbaceous growing shrub parasitic on Dendrophthoe falcata (Loranthaceae) which is itself parasitic on Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae). Scurrula parasitica is distributed throughout the western ghat region of Maharashtra, some parts of Uttar Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Genus Scurrula comprising of around 91 species, however, only S. ferruginea, S. atropurpurea, S. fusca have been investigated systematically. No such pharmacological and phytochemical data are available on the plant …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2013 Read article →