Effective plants in the treatment of #cancer
Citrullus colocynthis
Watermelon Abu Jahl
From the Cucurbitaceae family
It is a herbaceous plant, perennial, with a dormant or climbing stem and covered with webs
The leaves are alternate, divided into many toothed lobes, covered with webs and have a whitish appearance on the lower surface of the blade. The flowers are solitary and have two types of male and female on the same base
The male flower has a yellow-orange cup and is connected to the calyx through the base
It has five flags in such a way that its four flag poles are attached two by two and only one flag pole is free.
The female flowers are completely similar to the male flowers and only instead of the pistil with numerous ovules, it is seen in it.
Its fruit is spherical, yellow in color, the size of a small tangerine, covered with a relatively thin but hard skin and has a white and spongy middle. Inside the fruit there are many white seeds with oval and flat appearance
Organ used: fruit
Distribution in the country: in Lorestan behind the mountain, Khuzestan, Ahvaz, Fars, Kazron, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Khorasan and Yazd.
Effective compounds in cancer treatment
Caffeic acid
Limonene, alpha_amyrin
Anethole, beta_stiosterol_d_glucoside
Chlorogenic acid, cucurbitacin_b
Ferulic acid, quercitin
Oleanolic acid, citral
Linoleic acid
Myristic acid
Oleic acid
Other medicinal properties of this plant: It has a strong laxative effect, in the treatment of liver diseases
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