https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Justicia_gendarussaJusticia gendarussa - Revision history2026-08-18T18:58:55ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justicia_gendarussa&diff=122240&oldid=prev>Challiyan at 13:44, 19 June 20212021-06-19T13:44:28Z<p></p>
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| name = ''Justicia gendarussa''<br />
| image = Justicia gendarussa 07.JPG<br />
| image_alt = Leaves and flowers<br />
| taxon = Justicia gendarussa<br />
| authority = [[Nicolaas Laurens Burman|Burm.f.]]<br />
| synonyms= ''Gendarussa vulgaris'' <small>[[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]</small><br />
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[[File:Justicia gendarussa.jpg|thumb|plantlings]]<br />
'''''Justicia gendarussa''''', commonly known as willow-leaved justicia ({{lang-mr|बाकस}}, {{transl|mr|bakas}}, {{lang|mr|काळा अडुळसा}}, {{transl|mr|kala adulasa}}; {{lang-sa|कसनः}}, {{transl|sa|kasanah}}, {{lang|sa|वैध्यसिंहा}}, {{transl|sa|vaidyasinha}}),<ref>Image on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3294969815/</ref> is a small erect, branched shrub. It has been described as rare and endemic to [[India]], though those claims are at least confusing, in the context of statements that the plant is widely used in various forms for many of its medicinal and insecticidal properties,<ref>P Agastian, Lincy Williams and S Ignacimuthu. In vitro propagation of Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. — A medicinal plant. Indian Journal of Biotechnology Vol 5, April 2006, pp 246-248</ref> and that it is a quick-growing, evergreen forest shrub considered to be a native of China and distributed in Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.<ref>T. Dennis Thomas • Hoshino Yoichiro. In vitro propagation for the conservation of a rare medicinal plant Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. by nodal explants and shoot regeneration from callus. Acta Physiol Plant (2010) 32:943–950 DOI 10.1007/s11738-010-0482-1</ref><br />
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It is said to be useful in asthma, rheumatism and [[Baby colic|colics]] of children.<ref>medicinal uses [https://archive.org/stream/pharmacographia03dymogoog#page/n64/mode/1up/search/asthma pharmacographica indica]</ref> It may have the potential to be the basis for a [[Male contraceptive|birth control pill for men]]. Clinical tests are being conducted in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/asia-pacific/indonesia/110224/indonesia-birth-control-pill-papua-men |title=Indonesia's birth control pill for men |author=Patrick Winn |date=February 27, 2011 |accessdate=March 2, 2011 |publisher=[[GlobalPost]]}}</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec11/birth_07-18.html Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth Control] ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', July 20, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indonesia is about to start producing a male birth control pill that will change the world|url=http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2014/11/24/indonesia-about-start-producing-male-birth-control-pill-going-change-world|accessdate=3 February 2015|work=Coconuts Jakarta|date=24 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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The plant has shown promise as a source of a compound that inhibits an enzyme crucial to the development of [[HIV]].<ref>Potent Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains Identified from the Medicinal Plant Justicia gendarussa. Hong-Jie Zhang et al. Journal of Natural Products Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00004</ref><ref>[http://www.labmanager.com/news/2017/06/plant-compound-more-powerful-than-azt-against-hiv?#.WUqKcilLc2w Labmanager /2017/06/ plant compound more powerful than azt]</ref><br />
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*[http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=273885 Australian Plant Names Index]<br />
*[http://www.malecontraceptive.org/#!gendarussa/cbct Male Contraception Initiative article on gendarussa]<br />
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