Phytochemical Name : Boerhaavia diffusa extract

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-1066
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Boerhaavia diffusa extract
PMID 19723573
Literature evidence CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate that Boerhaavia diffusa possess antiproliferative and antiestrogenic properties and suggest that it may have therapeutic potential in estrogen dependent breast cancers.
IUPAC name NA
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Methanolic extract
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Boerhaavia diffusa
Geographical availability Afghanistan, Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Plant parts NA
Other cancers Breast cancer
Target gene or protein NA
Gene or Protein evidence NA
Target pathways NA
IC50 NA
Potency The results demonstrate that Boerhaavia diffusa possess antiproliferative and antiestrogenic properties and suggest that it may have therapeutic potential in estrogen dependent breast cancers.
Cell line/ mice model NA
Additional information  Boerhaavia diffusa extracts prevented DMBA-induced skin carcinogenesis in mice (Bharali et al., 2003). Ethanolic extract of the plant is well demonstrated to have anti-mitotic activity in in vitro systems.
PubChem ID NA
Additional PMIDs NA
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326899-2
Safety NA