Effect of ethanolic extract of ecballium elaterium against. Home shop cucumber, squirting ecballium elaterium, packet of 10 seeds, organic we at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber will reach a height of 0. High elaterium contents were mainly obtained in leaves compared to that in stems and fruit. In the past, the squirting cucumber was highly esteemed for its medicinal virtues.
Naturalized in some european countries and macaronesia. Ecballium elaterium part extracts tested showed various degrees of inhibition against the 6 bacterial strains tested using the microdilution method as presented in table2. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. We have observed that the type of solvent used to extract the different parts of ecballium elaterium can have a great impact on the antimicrobial activity. It yields about 6 per cent of elaterin, while good elaterium. This paper presents an attempt to reconstruct the etymological, ethnobotanical and folkloristic roots of 290 vernacular names of ecballium elaterium in 38. The mature seeds are the oilbearing part of the fruit. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant. Request pdf antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium seeds the antitrypsin activity of extracts obtained from two different seed types of ecballium elaterium, was tested in vitro. Preparations and dosagesit must be used with the greatest caution. Cucumber, squirting ecballium elaterium, packet of 10. The leaves of the plant are chordate with long, lobed, hispid, palegreen morphology.
Yellow flowers on radiating stems produce intriguing hanging fruits. Swollen pods of ecballium elaterium shoot forth a gunky mixture of liquid and seeds when touched. Ecballium elaterium seeds and peels fruits can be potentially used as natural antioxidant and antibacterial inhibitor. The antitrypsin activity of extracts obtained from two different seed types of ecballium elaterium, was tested in vitro. Place 2 3 seeds per pot and thin to the strongest plant. This report is presenting the medical literature of 74 cases, which experienced severe adverse reactions or deaths that resulted from the administration of the plant juice. Ecballium elaterium ecaeloverview eppo global database. Effect of ecballiumelaterium fruit on candida albicans. Seeds numerous, brown or nearly black, oblong, compressed, narrowly marginate. This is the profile for the plant ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber faqqus ilhmir. Unwary inspection triggers the incredible seed distribution method. The plant, commonly known as squirting cucumber, is widely distributed in the mediterranean region greigegerges et al. Nutritional, phytochemical and antioxidant evaluation and.
The plant ecballium elaterium common name squirting cucumber, is a weed that belongs to the cucurbitaceae family. Especially fruits and fruits juice are administered for several therapeutic uses, although they can be. Ecballium elaterium an overview sciencedirect topics. Ecballium elaterium, commonly known as squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, is a frosttender, weakstemmed, herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family that typically grows to 1218 tall, but clambers and trails along the ground, often in an aggressive sprawling fashion, to 36 wide. We are still open for nursery plant sales, and look forward to your live root and plant orders. Seed extracts obtained from ecballium elaterium contain inhibitors for at least four different serine proteinasestrypsin inhibitors i, ii, and iii, also known as the trypsin isoinhibitors. Ecballium elaterium is an herb that grows abundantly in the mediterranean region. Pdf the etymological, ecological, historical and ethnobotanical. The flowers are greenishyellow, and the fruit is large juicy berry, 34 cm, ovateoblong, detaching itself explosively at maturity scattering seeds and juice. Pdf phenolic contents and antimicrobial activity of squirting. Journal of entomology and zoology studies sinusitis and jaundice by nasal aspirates 6. Agrobacterium tumefaciensmediated transformation of plants.
Request pdf use of extracts from squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium seeds in health this chapter summarizes the nutritional benefits of squirting cucumber extracts. The ripest seed pods pop off like champagne bottes. The flowers of ecballium elaterium are a pale yellow and the fruit of ecballium elaterium is oblong, broad and pale green. Hot dry places on waste ground and roadsides, usually. Antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium. Protease inhibitors from ecballium elaterium seeds favel. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Phenolic contents and antimicrobial activity of squirting.
The cultivation and cucurbitacin content of ecballium elaterium l. Grow the plants on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts. A slight nudge is enough to set it flying, expelling a jet of seeds and sap. The ripe fruit of the exploding cucumber is extremely sensitive to touch. Ecballium elaterium online atlas of the british and. The seeds of the squirting cucumber are a rich source of peptides, which are collectively termed as ecballium elaterium protease inhibitors. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber pfaf plant database. Effects of squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium fruit. Chemical composition and antiproliferative effect on human colonic adenocarcinoma and. Plants profile for ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber. Pdf in this work the physicochemical characteristics including fatty acids, tocopherols and sterols composition of ecballium elaterium l. Effects of squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium fruit juice on. General information about ecballium elaterium ecael mediterranean, black sea, caucasus.
Tracheophyta magnoliopsida cucurbitaceae ecballium ecballium elaterium. A micropropagation protocol for ecballium elaterium l. Ecballium elaterium, a wild plant species belonging to the cucurbitacea family, has traditionally been used for various medicinal purposes. When obtained from the fruit collected in summer, elaterium may contain from 40 to 50 per cent elaterin. And that is precisely what your curious friends will have when they touch the small plumshaped fruits on the amazing and aptly named squirtingcucumber. Many biological activities of this species have been attributed to cucurbitacins and their glycosylated derivatives such as antiproliferative activity on various types of cancer cells 7, 8. Everaldo attard, in nuts and seeds in health and disease prevention, 2011.
Ecballium elaterium has been used in asian and european traditional medicine mainly. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects. A wider study is needed to identify the effective components, the mode of action and the. It is perennial, fleshy, rough hairy with 30100 cm long stems. Genus ecballium are trailing or bushy, bristly perennials which produce touchsensitive fruit that can squirt seeds out over great distances when ripe. This page was last edited on 7 october 2019, at 20. Squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium, is an indigenous species of the south of. The cultivation and cucurbitacin content of ecballium. Ecballium elaterium is a perennial, squashlike vine with a trailing stem figure 1. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed. Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the background and nomenclature. The new york flora atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. They have lobed leaves and funnelshaped flowers details e. Several protease inhibitors were found in the seeds of a cucurbitacea, ecballium elaterium, and were separated from one another by affinity and molecular sieve chromatography.
The human serious adverse reactions of the folkloric plant, ecballium elaterium ee, are well documented in the lit erature. There is a case on record of a french doctor who suffered severely from carrying some of the seeds in his hat from the jardin des plante to his paris lodging. International conference on natural products utilization from plants to pharmacy shelf icnpu. Note that the pdf version is the booklet as published, whereas the. Solvent extraction effects on phytochemical constituents. Antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium seeds.
Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumberrhs gardening. This is the first report showing the activity of the extracts of 3 parts of e. Dark greyishgreen, fivelobed leaves are carried on long. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber is a mediterranean plant used in folk medicine.
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