Patala - Latin name, Chemical constiutents, Uses

[Ayurvista]

Dear Friends,

I am looking for the details of Patala - one of the ing of dasamoola 

Details like Latin names, Chemical Constituents, actions, uses 

References like government authorities or academic instu etc

Thanks with anticipation 

Dr.Karthik

[Ayur Vista]

Dear Jayesh Thakkar,
Thanks for the reference

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM, jaYESh Thakkar <jas...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find details about patala underneath. The reference is
Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Vol-III, Pg.147.

Hope it will be helpful,

With regards,

Your brother,

Vaidya Jayesh Thakkar,
BAMS (Internee), Kolkata.
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Patala (Root.)
        Patala consists of dried root of Stereospermum suaveolens DC. (Fam.
Bignoniaceae); a large deciducus tree upto 18 m high and 1.8 m in
girth with a clear bole of about 9 m, found throughout the moist parts
of the country.


SYNONYMS

Sanskrit        :       Amogha, Madhuduti, Krsnvrnta, Tamrapuspi
Assamese        :       Parul
Bengali :       Parul
English :       Rose Flower Fragrant
Gujrati         :       Podal
Hindi           :       Podal
Kannada :       Padramora
Kashmiri        :       --
Malayalam       :       Padiri
Marathi :       Padal
Oriya           :       Boro, Patulee
Punjabi :       Padal
Tamil           :       Padari
Telugu          :       Kaligottu, Kokkesa, Podira
Urdu            :       --

DESCRIPTION

a) Macroscopic
        Root occurs in about 6-9 cm long, 1-1.5 cm thick cut pieces,
cylindrical, externally brown to creamy, rough due to vertical
fissures, cracks, ridges and transverse fine lenticels, internally
dark brown, lamellation or stratification due to presence of
concentric bands of fibres; fracture tough and fibrous; odour, not
distinct; taste, bitter.


b) Microscopic
        Root cork consists of 25-35 layers of rectangular cells with 3-5
stratified layers, lignification being more prominent where the
stratification starts, arranged with 1-3 tangential rows of narrow
cells alternating with 3-5 tangential rows of wider cells; cork
cambium composed of 1 -2 layers of tangentially elongated cells;
secondary cortex arranged more or less radially, becomes polyhedral to
isodiameteric in inner region, a few cells getting converted into
stone cells which are regular in shape and show projection; secondary
phloem wide, forms cerantenchyma between two obliquely running rays;
some rays and phloem cells get converted into irregular, polygonal
shaped stone cells, measuring 10- 150 µ in width, phloem parenchyma
being intact; medullary rays multiseriate, being 3-4 cells wide, and
8-11-15 cells high; fibres tapering, pointed or slightly blunt, with a
small peg-like projection at both ends; sieve tube gets collapsed in
outer region forming strips of ceratenchyma; a few small
microsphenoidal crystals of calcium oxalate present in phloem
parenchyma and rays; secondary xylem wide having usual elements;
vessels simple, pitted, lignified; fibres large, pointed, aseptate;
rays multiseriate, 2- 3 cells wide.

Powder - Dark brown; shows fragments of rectangular cork and phloem
parenchyma cells; groups of single, thick- walled, cubical to
rectangular, lignified stone cells having striations and wide lumen; a
number of microsphenoidal crystals of calcium oxalate, intact and
scattered outside.


IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH

Foreign matter                                  Not more than   2    per
cent, Appendix          2.2.2.
Total Ash                                       Not more than   8    per
cent, Appendix          2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash                      Not more than   6    per cent,
Appendix        2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive              Not less than     10   per cent,
Appendix        2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive                Not less than     20   per cent,
Appendix        2.2.7.

T.L.C.

        T.L.C. of the alcoholic extract on Silica gel 'G' plate using
n-Butanol : Acetic acid: Water (4: 1 :5) shows in visible light three
spots at Rf. 0.62, 0.85 and 0.92 (all light yellow). Under UV (366 nm)
five fluorescent zones are visible at Rf. 0.47, 0.53 (both light
blue), 0.62 (bluish pink), 0.74 (blue) and 0.85 (light green). On
exposure to Iodine vapour seven spots appear at Rf. 0.14, 0.28, 0.47,
0.53, 0.74, 0.85 and 0.92 (all yellow). On spraying with 5% Methanolic
Phosphomolybdic acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at
110°C four spots appear at Rf. 0.47, 0.74, 0.85 and 0.92 (all bluish
grey).



CONSTITUENTS  -  Bitter Substances, Sterols, Glycosides and Glyco-Alkaloids.


PROPERTIES AND ACTION

Rasa    :       Tikta, Kasaya
Guna    :       Laghu, Ruksa
Virya   :       Anusna
Vipaka  :       Katu
Karma           :       Rucya, Tridosahara

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS  -  Amritarista, Dasamula kvath-curna,
Dasamularista, Bharangi guda, Indukanta ghrita, Dhanvantari taila

THERAPEUTIC USES  -  Amlapitta, sotha, Arsa, svasa, Chardi, Hikka,
Medoroga, Rakta Vikara, Trsna, Mutravikara, Agnidadha, Vrana Ruja,
Visphota

DOSE  -  5-10 g. (Powder).
             25-50 ml. (Decoction).

[Manjunath Ajanal]

Paatala is Botanically identified as Stereospermum suaveolens. 

Family: Bignoniaceae

Chemical constituents: 

The leaves contain a flavone, stereolensin. 

Bark - iridoid glycoside; 

Root bark - n-triacontanol and beta-sitosterol; 

Root heartwood - lapachol, dehydro-alpha-lapachone and dehydrotectol. Ceryl alcohol, palmitic,

stearic and oleic acids. 

Pharmacological action: 

1. Ethanolicextractof theplant showed hypoglycaemic and anticancer activity experimentally. 
2. A decoction of the root and leaves is credited with antipyretic. 
3. The bark exhibited antibacterial and anti-tubercular properties.
4. Lapachol (present in bark) exhibited cytotoxic activity. 

Dr. Manjunath Ajanal 

KLEU BMK College Belgaum

[jaYESh Thakkar]

[Ayur Vista- Gmail]

Dear Dr. Mahesh,

Thank you for the information.

Can get the reference details please 

With regards

Karthik

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[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Dear karthik Ji, Manjunath ji & Jayesh ji..

Thanks for the post and replies. 

The plant accepted in the name of Patala in N. India is

Stereospermum chelonoides (L.f.) DC. [Syn: Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb. DC] - updated names referred from www.theplantlist.org

In South the accepted plant source is 

Stereospermum tetragonum DC [Syn: Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb., Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee]

updated names referred from www.theplantlist.org

Kindly note that there is a lot of confusion with the Latin names in Ayurvedic texts & also the floras. Especially S. chelonoides was a synonym of S. tetragonum before but now it is the accepted name for S. suaveolens (refer above). The following explanations use the updated names and you will not find these names in the texts as mentioned here. It is an attempt to keep all of us updated.

Shaligrama Nighantu gives 3 types of Patala (Bhumi patala, Kshudra patala, Valli Patala) 

Bhavamishra specifies 2 varieties [Patala(white flowered variety) & Tamra patala (Red flowered variety)] 

Chunekar equates Patala to S. tetragonum & Tamra patala to S. chelonoides. 

Patala is one of the drug in the Bruhat panchamula which constitutes the Dashamoola group of drugs. 

please find a few photos attached to this mail

Thanks & regards

-- 
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[Ayur Vista]

Dear Dr.Hari,
Thank you very much  the details with photos

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Welcome Karthick ji..

Regards