ALLIUM VICTORIALIS

ALLIUM VICTORALIS, the information about ALLIUM VICTORALIS is being collected. As soon as we have enough information about this herb it will be presented in this herb file.

ALLIUM VICTORIALIS

Family: Alliaceae
Genus: Alium
Common name: Alpine leek, "Hon-Gyoujya Nin-Niku" in Japanese [2].

DESCRIPTION

ALLIUM VICTORALIS, the information about ALLIUM VICTORALIS is being collected. As soon as we have enough information about this herb it will be presented in this herb file.

ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS

Among the multiple active constituents found in Allium victorialis we can mention Gitogenin 3-O-lycotetroside, gitogenin, astragalin and kaempferol [1].

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USE

One of the active constituents of Allium victorialis extracted from the plant, namely gitogenin 3-O-lycotetroside, exerted certain cytotoxic activities against cancer cell lines. It seems that the disulfides produced secondarily were the anti-tumor principles [1].

Extracts of Allium victorialis exerted a significantly high toxicity against two oral tumor cell lines, and less significant againstnormal human gingival fibroblasts, suggesting their tumor-specific action

SIDE EFFECTS AND PRECAUTIONS

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REFERENCES

[1] Constituents and the antitumor principle of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum.
Lee KT, Choi JH, Kim DH, Son KH, Kim WB, Kwon SH, Park HJ.
College of Pharmacy, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

[2] Antioxidative activity of Allium victorialis L. extracts.
Shirataki Y, Motohashi N, Tani S, Sunaga K, Sakagami H, Satoh K, Nakashima H, Kanamoto T, Wolfard K, Molnar J.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan.