Crotalaria pumila

Generalidades

Sinónimos: No aplican.

Nombre común: Cascabel, chipil, chipul max, garbancillo, garbancillo loco, guajillo, hierba del cuervo, sonajilla, sonajita, tronadora (fuera de la zona).

Características generales:

  • Hojas: Trifolioladas, el pecíolo delgado, generalmente de la mitad del largo del foliolo terminal, foliolos obovados u obovado-oblongos, delgados, de 1 a 2 cm de largo por 2 a 8 mm de ancho, ápice redondeado, borde entero, base cuneada, haz sin pelos, envés con pelos rectos y de base redondeada.

Usos medicinales reportados


  • Posee actividad tanto antiespasmódica, como también antimicrobiana, lo cual apoya su uso en la medicina tradicional para el tratamiento de dolencias gastrointestinales.

Usos farmacológicos reportados

  • Potencial antimicrobiano en Helicobacter pylori

  • Potencial antiinflamatorio

  • Potencial anticancerígeno

  • Tratamiento en la osteoporosis

Bibliografías

PubMed

  1. Esubalew, S. T., Belete, A., Ermias Lulekal, Gabriel, T., Ephrem Engidawork, & Kaleab Asres. (2017). Review of ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological evidences of some Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for the treatment of cancer. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 31(3), 161–187. https://doi.org/10.4314/ejhd.v31i3. ‌

Google Scholar

  1. Esubalew, S. T., Belete, A., Ermias Lulekal, Gabriel, T., Ephrem Engidawork, & Kaleab Asres. (2017). Review of ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological evidences of some Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for the treatment of cancer. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 31(3), 161–187. https://doi.org/10.4314/ejhd.v31i3. ‌

BioMed Research International

  1. Akkol, E. K., Das, S., Sarker, S. D., & Nahar, L. (2012). The Treatment of Inflammation, Pain, and Fever Using Medicinal Plants. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, 2012, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/476985

  2. Soelaiman, I. N., Das, S., Shuid, A. N., Mo, H., & Mohamed, N. (2013). Use of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products for Treatment of Osteoporosis and Its Complications. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/764701

  3. Tesfaye, S., Belete, A., Engidawork, E., Gedif, T., & Asres, K. (2020). Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Cancer-Like Symptoms in Eleven Districts, Ethiopia. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7683450

  4. Tariq, A., Mussarat, S., Adnan, M., Abd_Allah, E. F., Hashem, A., Alqarawi, A. A., & Ullah, R. (2015). Ethnomedicinal Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used against Gastrointestinal Complaints. BioMed Research International, 2015, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/892947

  5. Abu Bakar, F. I., Abu Bakar, M. F., Abdullah, N., Endrini, S., & Rahmat, A. (2018). A Review of Malaysian Medicinal Plants with Potential Anti-Inflammatory Activity. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, 2018, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8603602

  6. Aiello, P., Sharghi, M., Mansourkhani, S. M., Ardekan, A. P., Jouybari, L., Daraei, N., … Kooti, W. (2019). Medicinal Plants in the Prevention and Treatment of Colon Cancer. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2019, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2075614