Science paper Traditional Therapeutic Uses Of Peganum harmala L. By Local Populations In Province of Sidi-Bel-Abbes

Traditional Therapeutic Uses Of Peganum harmala L. By Local Populations In Province of Sidi-Bel-Abbes (Western Algeria). Oct. 2024
https://www.researchgate.net/public...In_Province_of_Sidi-Bel-Abbes_Western_Algeria

I find a few things intriguing. One it a that the seeds seems to be used by pregnant women and another is a method of 'steam-cooking'. "They explain that this method of preparation reduces the toxicity of the seeds without any risk of poisoning.".

 

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Great find, thanks for sharing!

Looking forward to a good read now…

 

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It would be neat to have a thread dedicated to all of the scientific and non scientific literature on Syrian rue available.

I know there are at least two books published on it one of which a beloved member sent me which unfortunately I have yet to read.

Thanks for this link, I hadn't come across this one yet.

I love sending this one to friends and family who might be drawn to work with this amazing plant.

Pharmacological and therapeutic effects of Peganum harmala and its main alkaloids - PMC

Wild Syrian rue (Peganum harmala L. family Zygophyllaceae) is well-known in Iran and various parts of this plant including, its seeds, bark, and root have been used as folk medicine. Recent years of research has demonstrated different ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

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It would be neat to have a thread dedicated to all of the scientific and non scientific literature on Syrian rue available

Hm, you mean besides this entire subforum?

Syrian Rue

Articles on Peganum harmala

forum.dmt-nexus.me

Index threads are always helpful, so be our guest

 

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So, P. harmala seed apparently contains anthraquinones. It would be best to look into this claim a little more, but that's one good reason to be wary of chronic toxicity with whole rue ingestion.

 

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So, P. harmala seed apparently contains anthraquinones. It would be best to look into this claim a little more, but that's one good reason to be wary of chronic toxicity with whole rue ingestion.

Well, I did look a bit further - the anthraquinones were only identified via presumptive testing, not to mention the colour change for this was suspiciously similar to that obtained with 'harmala red'. If anything, the quantities were low and the concentration was below the limit of detection of their quantitation method. [Edit: or maybe they didn't have a quantitation method - "n.d." is a bit vague...]

3. Results Harmel grain A

Preliminary phytochemical screening in the leaves of P. harmala
showed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins,
glycosides, terpenoids and steroids and the absence of anthraquinons,
whereas the results in the seeds showed the absence of flavonoids
and the presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannins, glycosides,
anthraquinons, terpenoids and steroids. Quantitative analysis from
this study showed that the seeds of P. harmala contained high
levels of alkaloids with low quantity in leaves, whereas the leaves
contained the highest levels of flavonoids (Table 1).

Table 1 - Phytochemicals screening of seeds and leaves of P. harmala.

			Concentration	(mg/g)
Extract constituents	seeds	leaves	seeds	leaves
Flavonoids Alkaloids Glycosides Tannins Saponins Steroids and terpenoids Quinons Anthraquinons	- +++ + +++ ++ + ++ +	+++ + ++ +++ ++ + - -	1 5 35 13 nd nd nd nd	nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd

-: Absent; +: Present; +++: Present in high quantity; nd: Not determined.