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THERAPEUTIC REVIEW ON MEDICINAL DISSECTA

1*Wadgama, A A., 1Mandade R J and 2 Jangid, P R

Department of Pharmacology, S.N.Institute of Pharmacy, Nagpur Road, Pusad, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2020.1102.5115

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT

Article History: Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f. () is a perennial herb, weed and climber native to the United States and distributed across the globe. The plant is cultivated and having importance as Received 4th November, 2019 th ''folk medicine''. Beside its remedial properties, it is often used as a condiment and ornamental. The Received in revised form 25 plant is fortuned with various bioactive constituents, specially leaves consist of glycosides, alkaloids, December, 2019 tannins, saponins, phenols and flavonoids. The presence of cyanogenic glycoside is characteristic Accepted 23rd January, 2020 th feature of Merremia dissecta. Thus, the phytoconstituents are reflecting pharmacological properties Published online 28 February, 2020 and reported as antimicrobial, antifungal and antipathogenic. Leaf extract is effective against snakebite venom. The goal of this review is to highlight the ethnobotany, phytochemical and Key Words: pharmacological information of this plant. Antimicrobial, Convolvulaceae, Glycoside, Merremia dissecta

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INTRODUCTION Vernacular Name

Convolvulaceae family which is studded with Morning Glory English : Alamovine consist of 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of Hindi : Nagin mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs, herbs and food Portugese : Campainha tubers included (Wikipedia contributors 1). About 20 genera Spanish : Almendrillo and over 150 species have been reported from India (Sultana et Chinese : Duo Lie Yu Huang- Cao al. 2016). Merremia is one of the genus of morning glory German : Queensland-Holzrose family. Members of the genus are often called as woodroses French : rose de bois (Wikipedia contributors 2). Merremia dissecta (J) Hallier. is Japanese : Kirehahirugao commonly called as ''alamo vine'' belonging to family Scientific Classification (Usda) convolvulaceae (Austin et al. 2007). The plant is cultivated in many parts of the world owing to its beneficial property. Kingdom Plantae According to literature survey these plant has been used as Subkingdom Tracheobionta condiment, medicine and ornamental. Traditional uses of this Superdivision Spermatophyta Division Magnoliphyta plant suggested the effectiveness against inflammation, colds, Class Magnoliopsida chest problems, sprains, urinary infection and scabies. Present Subclass Asteridae review was made to illustrate and compile the total up-to-date Order information on various aspects of Merremia dissecta (J) Family convolvulaceae Genus Merremia Dennst. Ex Endl. Hallier. Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Species Synonyms Convolvulus dissectus Hallier f. Ipomoea dissecta Botanical Description Ipomoea sinuata Operculina dissecta Merremia dissecta is a perennial herb grows in a human distributed region (Roadside, hedges). Leaves are alternate to 10 cm in length and palmately divided with 7-9 lobes, the lobe

*Corresponding author: Wadgama Amreen A Department of Pharmacology, S.N.Institute of Pharmacy, Nagpur Road, Pusad, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India Wadgama, A A., Mandade R J and Jangid, P R., Therapeutic Review on Medicinal Plant Merremia Dissecta margins are sinuate to dentate with an acuminate apex. The outline of entire leaf is suborbicular. Stem is hirusate with yellowish hairs. Inflorescence axillary, 1 to few flowered, the peduncles 5-10 cm long. Pedicels 1.5-2 cm long with thickened at apex. The flowers are actinomorphic and solitary. Calyx has 5 unfused sepals and 1.8-2cm long. Corolla funnel shaped, white with a purple throat, 3-4.5 cm long, stamens unequal, filament dilated near attachment. The superior overy consist of 2 locules and numerous seeds. Fruits are capsular, globose and 1-2 cm in diameter. Seeds are black, subrotund and glabrous (Syed et al 2015; Wikipedia contributors 3; Sasidharan et al. 2020).

Plant Habit (Wiktrop)

Figure 2 Leaves and flowers of Merremia Habitat : Terrestrial Plant Type : Perennial Herb Foliage : Evergreen Roots : Tap Roots Type of Stem : Non Woody, Hirsute Leaf Type : Sub orbicular Leaf Arrangement : Alternate Leaf Colour : Green Plant Feature : Climber Plant Utilities : Medicinal Plant Season : Annual Sunlight : Partial shade Soil type : light soil but tolerates alkaline Drainage : well drained

Propagation method : By Seed Figure 3 Fruits of Merremia dissecta Fruit Characteristics Geographical Distribution Fruit classification : Capsule Seeds : Two Locules , 4 seeded Merremia dissecta is Native of Tropical and Subtropical America whereas distributed globally, In India, Sri Lanka, Flower Characteristics Myanmar, China, Pakistan Indonesia, Philippine, Australia,

Flower Colour : White French Polynesia, Papua, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Flower Type : Axillary Samoa, Tonga, and Seychelles (Staples et al. 2010)

Distribution in India

In India, the plant is observed in various regions but prescence in a area like Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala and Azamgarh, Gorakhpur districts of Uttar Pradesh have been reported ( Sasidharan et al 2020 ; Srivastava et al 2017)

Ethnobotanical Description

The plant Merremia dissecta have been used by the tribes and cultivated in various parts of world, owing to its ornamental, flavouring and medicinal properties. The plant extract is given in the form of decoction, infusion and as a solution. It was reported that the vines are splendent in the gardens of Malaysia and Australia. The odour of leaf extract resembles to the

Figure 1 Natural habitat of Merremia dissecta almond and thus used as a flavouring essence in cakes, sweet breads and candies. In Caribbean regions of united state the crushed leaves and infusion used as sedative, emollient, anti- inflammatory and also, reported to be effective against urinary infection, sprains, cold and scabies. The roots of Merremia dissecta have been eaten by tobas. The plant has importance as ''folk'' medicine in few regions of India (Austin et al. 2007). In Nigeria, an infusion of leaf used as important ingredient of snakebite remedy and also planted to protect residence against snakes. Due to its characteristic odour the leaves of plant are 37467 | P a g e International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 11, Issue, 02 (D), pp. 37466-37470, February, 2020 used for making liqueurs in India (Oyen et al.2020) extract as compared to aqueous extract (Jasim et al. 2018).

Therapeutic Uses of Some Important Merremia Species Other Constituents

Merremia species consist of number of medicinally important Beside richness of glycosides, alkaloids, phenols and plants and many of them are scientifically evaluated and flavanoids other constituents also have been reported. The reported for various activities. volatiles like germacrene d, -caryophyllene, spathulenol, - elemene and -elemene as well as benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, • Merremia tridentate (L.) Hall. f. also called as calystegineB2, lupeol, sitosterol, 6methyl heptadecanoyl “Prasarini'' in sanskrit reported to possess anti- caffeate and stigmasterol also reported (Austin et al. 2007; inflammatory, analgesic, antiarthritic, antioxidant, Luciardi et al 2016). wound healing activity, antidiabetic against streptozocin induced model and antiulcer activity. Pharmacological Relation with Bioactive Constituents • Merremia emerginata also known as ipomoea reinformis β-caryophyllene is a pharmacologically important constituent having anticancer, antidiuretic, antidiabetic, antiulcer, effective against various pathological conditions. β- antiarthritic, antipyretic, antimicrobial, anti- caryophyllene reported to possess Anti-inflammatory, Anti- inflammatory, analgesic and hepaptoprotective potential. atherosclerosis, Anti-cancer (colon, breast, pancreas, • Merremia peltata and Merremia aegyptica having lymphoma, melanoma), Antioxidant, Anticonvulsant, antibacterial activity. Analgesic, Myorelaxant, Sedative, Antidepressant, Anxiolytic, Phytochemistry Antimicrobial and also effective against Neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple The members of convolvulaceae are wealthy of sclerosis, stroke), Osteoporosis, Steatohepatitis and phytoconstituents. A reported study on various taxa shown that Neuroprotective. The potent anti-inflammatory activity is various pharmacologically important phytoconstituents like exerted by inhibiting the inflammatory mediators. Medicinal alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, carbohydrates, saponins, plants such as Syzygium aromaticum, Zingiber officinale, Piper proteins, phytosterols, terpenoids, phenols and flavonoids were nigrum and Rosmarinus officinalis etc. having β-caryophyllene present in leaves and stems. As the secondary metabolites as a major constituent and thus proved as pharmacologically having correlation with biological activities such as anti- superior (Francomano et al 2019).The GC-MS analysis of inflammatory, anti-oxidants, anti-osteoarthritic, analgesic, Merremia dissecta reveled presence of β-caryophyllene (Joshi antidiabetic, anti-microbial and hepatoprotective (Mascarenhas et al. 2018). et al 2017). Phytochemical evaluation of Merremia dissecta reveled presence of various phytoconstituents like glycosides, Spathulenol is a sesquiterpenoid (ChEBI). A study conducted alkaloids, tannins, saponins, amino acid, phenols and on Psidium guineense isolated spathulenol as a major flavonoids (Jasim et al 2018; Joshi et al 2018; Devhade et al constituent. A study reported antioxidant activity by DPPH, 2015). ABTA and MDA method, anti-inflammatory activity by carrageenan induced model, anti-proliferative activity by Glycosides sulforhodamine B assay and anti-Mycobacterium by REMA In 1989 Nahrstedt et al. isolated cyanogenic compounds from method(Nascimento et al 2018). Also having anaesthetic, the leaves and seeds of Merremia disecta namely prunasin and vasodilating, immunomodulatory and cytotoxic potential 6-o-melonylprunasin similarly, In 1990 it was reported that (ChEBI; Chem Faces). seeds contain acylated cyanogenic glycoside as amygdalin, its Amygdalin is a glycoside present in a Merremia dissecta. A 6″-(4-hydroxy)benzoate and its 6″-(4-hydroxy)- e – cinnamate litrature review on pharmacological uses of amygdalin found to (Nahrstedt et al 1989; 1990) be effective as antiasthmatic, anti- hyperglycemic, Alkaloids antinoceceptive, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory and anticarcinogenic (Qadir et al 2017). Weigl et al. (1992) isolated novel tropane alkaloids from the roots of Merremia dissecta, tropan-3a-yl 4'-methoxyhenzoate, A study reported presence of calystegine B2 in leaves and nortropan-3a-yl 4'-methoxybenzoate (merresectine A) and flowers of Merremia dissecta (Schimming et al 2005). merresecticine B. Then, later 32 alkaloids have been isolated in Calystegine B2 is a potent inhibitor of α-glucosidases and R- the roots, which consist of 26 tropanes and 6 pyrrolidines. The galactosidases. Thus, having antidiabetic activity (Gaikwad et alkaloids like 3α-(4-methoxybenzoyloxy) nortropanenn al 2014). (merresticine A), 3α-kurameroyloxy tropane (merresticine B), Chemical structure of key bioactive constituents 3α-nervogenoyloxy tropane (merresticine C), 3α-[4-(β-D- glucopyranosyloxy)-3-methoxy-5-(3-methyl-2-butenyl) benzoyloxy] tropane (β-D-glucoside of D). Moreover, the novel 3α, 6β-di-(4-methoxy benzoyloxy) tropane (merredissine) were present (Austin et al. 2007, Jenett-Siems et al. 2005).

Phenols and Flavanoids

The remarkable amount of phenols and flavanoids has been Figure 4 Prunasin observed in the leaves of Merremia dissecta. Specifically, the quantity of phenols and flavanoids was higher in alcoholic

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DISCUSSION

The present study reveals that a common weed plant Merremia dissecta is a potentially useful medicinal plant with pharmacological properties. The plant have been used by various tribes and cultivated for various purposes in different

parts of the world. Traditionally, the plant have been used Figure 5 Amygdalin against inflammation, colds, sprains, urinary infection and

scabies. The plant is also grown as ornamental and used as flavouring agent. The plant shows the presence of many phytochemicals which may responsible for various pharmacological activities. The reported pharmacological studies showed antimicrobial, antifungal and antipathogenic activities. On the basis of study it can be concluded that Merremia dissecta has a leading capacity to prove as effective source for treatment and control of various diseases in future.

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Wadgama, A A., Mandade R J and Jangid, P R.2020, Therapeutic Review on Medicinal Plant Merremia Dissecta. Int J Recent Sci Res. 11(02), pp. 37466-37470. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2020.1102 .5115

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