Kembang sungsang (Gloriosa superba L.): A potential plant as a source of biomutagens

Phytochemical Screening of Gloriosa superba L. - from different Geographical Positions

Gloriosa superba Linn. is one of the important medicinal plant now in endangered list. This plant is widely used for several ethano-medicinal purposes by tribal peoples and traditional practitioners. Seeds and tubers contain valuale alkaloids viz., colchine and colchicoside as the major constituents, which are used an antidote for snake bites, gout and rheumatism. Present study was to evaluate ...

Case of Poisoning by Gloriosa Superba

GLORIOSA SUPERBA. By Hem Chunder Bhuttaciiarjee, M.B. Sub-Assistant Surgeon, Baraitch. GrLOMOSA SUPERBA, a handsome climbing plant of the natural order Lilliaceae, is widely distributed throughout the greater portion of India. In Bengal it is called ugni shiJcha,; in Northern India it is known by the names of Jcureearee and singia. The root is generally used for purposes of poisoning ; it resem...

Anagen effluvium secondary to Gloriosa superba ingestion.

Anagen effluvium, the shedding of anagen hair, leads to diffuse non-scarring alopecia. We report two cases of anagen effluvium in the same family secondary to the ingestion of tubers of Gloriosa superba, which contains the antimitotic alkaloid colchicine. Both patients developed anagen effluvium and gastroenteritis 1-2 weeks after consuming the tubers. In addition, one of them had bicytopenia, ...

Niyangala (Gloriosa Superba) Poisoning Complicated with SIADH

Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.