Family

Bignoniaceae

Genus

Oroxylum

Common Name

Mu Hu Die

Plant Figure

Description

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz (Bignoniaceae) is a medicinally important, deciduous tree, native to the Indian subcontinent, distributed in the Himalayan foothills, Eastern and Western Ghats and North East India. Phytochemicals prominently identified from O. indicum include flavonoids like baicalein-7-O-diglucoside, baicalein-7-O-glucoside, chrysin, apigenin, prunetin, sitosterol, oroxindin, biochanin-A, ellagic acid, baicalein and its 6- and 7-glucuronides, scutellarin and tetuin. These flavonoids are detected in different tissues of O. indicum and are known to possess diverse biological functions. The leaf extract of the plant has a very strong free radical scavenging activity and immune modulator activity. The stem bark and root extracts possess antibacterial and antiinflammatory effects.