RABDOSIA RABDOSIA SPP

RABDOSIA (Rabdosia spp. L.) +

This is truly a generic entry aggregating data on several species of Rabdosia from 43 abstracts provided me by Alan Tillotson. Such aggregation unfairly makes the Rabdosia genus look more powerful than the individual species. So do aggregations of many studies, on an individual species, make the better studied species appear better than an unstudied species in the same genus. It is, however, interesting to see what I had to say a decade and a half ago when I published my Medicinal Plants of China (DAA), “to treat carcinoma of esophagus and stomach ... oridonin being the main active principle.

Activities (Rabdosia) :
Antiaggregant (1; X8249632); Antibacterial (1; X9241802); Anticarciogenic (1; X8020128); Antiherpetic (1; X10678355); Antileukemic (1; X2776235); Antilymphocytic (1; X2776235); Antisarcomic (1; X8010060); Antitumor (1; DAA); Antiulcer (1; X9241802); Antiviral (1; X10678355); Cytotoxic (1; DAA).

Indications (Rabdosia) :
Bacteria (1; X9241802); Cancer, esophagus (1; DAA; X8174469); Cancer, stomach (1; DAA); Caries (1; X8020128); Embolism (1; X8249632); Esophagosis (1; DAA; X8174469); Gastrosis (1; DAA; X9241802); Helicobacter (1; X9241802); Hepatoma (1; DAA); Herpes (1; X10678355); Infection (1; X10678355); Leukemia (1; X2776235); Periodontosis (1; X8020128); Sarcoma (1; X8010060); Thrombus (1; X8249632); Tumor (1; DAA); Ulcer (1; X9241802); Virus (1; X10678355).

Extracts (Rabdosia) :
Ponicidin (at low concentration without antiviral activities (0.2 µg/ml)) when combined with ACV or GCV, enhanced the cytotoxic levels in HSV-TK-expressing cells by 3 to 87-fold and 5 to 52-fold, respectively, compared with the nucleoside alone.