Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the background and nomenclature. The ripe fruit of the exploding cucumber is extremely sensitive to touch. There is a case on record of a french doctor who suffered severely from carrying some of the seeds in his hat from the jardin des plante to his paris lodging. Ecballium elaterium is a perennial, squashlike vine with a trailing stem figure 1. Cucumber, squirting ecballium elaterium, packet of 10. Ecballium elaterium is an herb that grows abundantly in the mediterranean region. Plants profile for ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber. Preparations and dosagesit must be used with the greatest caution. Many biological activities of this species have been attributed to cucurbitacins and their glycosylated derivatives such as antiproliferative activity on various types of cancer cells 7, 8. This is the profile for the plant ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber faqqus ilhmir. Pdf phenolic contents and antimicrobial activity of squirting.
Home shop cucumber, squirting ecballium elaterium, packet of 10 seeds, organic we at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. Request pdf antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium seeds the antitrypsin activity of extracts obtained from two different seed types of ecballium elaterium, was tested in vitro. Swollen pods of ecballium elaterium shoot forth a gunky mixture of liquid and seeds when touched. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber is a mediterranean plant used in folk medicine. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant. Squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium, is an indigenous species of the south of. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed. Unwary inspection triggers the incredible seed distribution method. Nutritional, phytochemical and antioxidant evaluation and. Journal of entomology and zoology studies sinusitis and jaundice by nasal aspirates 6. Pdf in this work the physicochemical characteristics including fatty acids, tocopherols and sterols composition of ecballium elaterium l. The plant, commonly known as squirting cucumber, is widely distributed in the mediterranean region greigegerges et al. This paper presents an attempt to reconstruct the etymological, ethnobotanical and folkloristic roots of 290 vernacular names of ecballium elaterium in 38. The leaves of the plant are chordate with long, lobed, hispid, palegreen morphology.
The ripest seed pods pop off like champagne bottes. The antitrypsin activity of extracts obtained from two different seed types of ecballium elaterium, was tested in vitro. Seed extracts obtained from ecballium elaterium contain inhibitors for at least four different serine proteinasestrypsin inhibitors i, ii, and iii, also known as the trypsin isoinhibitors. Ecballium elaterium ecaeloverview eppo global database. Pdf the etymological, ecological, historical and ethnobotanical. Ecballium elaterium is a plant that has a proliferative rooting system, therefore root expansion is essential for this plant. The cultivation and cucurbitacin content of ecballium.
This report is presenting the medical literature of 74 cases, which experienced severe adverse reactions or deaths that resulted from the administration of the plant juice. We have observed that the type of solvent used to extract the different parts of ecballium elaterium can have a great impact on the antimicrobial activity. Protease inhibitors from ecballium elaterium seeds favel. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber pfaf plant database. Effects of squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium fruit. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. This is the first report showing the activity of the extracts of 3 parts of e. Effect of ecballiumelaterium fruit on candida albicans.
Antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium seeds. Seeds numerous, brown or nearly black, oblong, compressed, narrowly marginate. Genus ecballium are trailing or bushy, bristly perennials which produce touchsensitive fruit that can squirt seeds out over great distances when ripe. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is in flower from june to august, and the seeds ripen from august to september. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumber will reach a height of 0. Ecballium elaterium part extracts tested showed various degrees of inhibition against the 6 bacterial strains tested using the microdilution method as presented in table2. Phenolic contents and antimicrobial activity of squirting.
And that is precisely what your curious friends will have when they touch the small plumshaped fruits on the amazing and aptly named squirtingcucumber. Ecballium elaterium, commonly known as squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, is a frosttender, weakstemmed, herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family that typically grows to 1218 tall, but clambers and trails along the ground, often in an aggressive sprawling fashion, to 36 wide. Place 2 3 seeds per pot and thin to the strongest plant. The mature seeds are the oilbearing part of the fruit. Grow the plants on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts. Ecballium elaterium seeds and peels fruits can be potentially used as natural antioxidant and antibacterial inhibitor. A micropropagation protocol for ecballium elaterium l. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects. The plant ecballium elaterium common name squirting cucumber, is a weed that belongs to the cucurbitaceae family. Especially fruits and fruits juice are administered for several therapeutic uses, although they can be. The seeds of the squirting cucumber are a rich source of peptides, which are collectively termed as ecballium elaterium protease inhibitors. Elaterium of inferior quality is more or less curled, much darker colored, less brittle, and has a glistening fracture. Effect of ethanolic extract of ecballium elaterium against. The cultivation and cucurbitacin content of ecballium elaterium l.
Naturalized in some european countries and macaronesia. Hot dry places on waste ground and roadsides, usually. Yellow flowers on radiating stems produce intriguing hanging fruits. International conference on natural products utilization from plants to pharmacy shelf icnpu. This page was last edited on 7 october 2019, at 20.
We are still open for nursery plant sales, and look forward to your live root and plant orders. Chemical composition and antiproliferative effect on human colonic adenocarcinoma and. Antitrypsin activity of extracts from ecballium elaterium. Ecballium elaterium an overview sciencedirect topics. Solvent extraction effects on phytochemical constituents. The flowers of ecballium elaterium are a pale yellow and the fruit of ecballium elaterium is oblong, broad and pale green. In the past, the squirting cucumber was highly esteemed for its medicinal virtues. It yields about 6 per cent of elaterin, while good elaterium. The new york flora atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. Ecballium elaterium online atlas of the british and. Agrobacterium tumefaciensmediated transformation of plants. Ecballium elaterium squirting cucumberrhs gardening.
Effects of squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium fruit juice on. Everaldo attard, in nuts and seeds in health and disease prevention, 2011. Ecballium elaterium has been used in asian and european traditional medicine mainly. A wider study is needed to identify the effective components, the mode of action and the. General information about ecballium elaterium ecael mediterranean, black sea, caucasus. Ecballium elaterium, a wild plant species belonging to the cucurbitacea family, has traditionally been used for various medicinal purposes. Request pdf use of extracts from squirting cucumber ecballium elaterium seeds in health this chapter summarizes the nutritional benefits of squirting cucumber extracts. Tracheophyta magnoliopsida cucurbitaceae ecballium ecballium elaterium. It is perennial, fleshy, rough hairy with 30100 cm long stems. They have lobed leaves and funnelshaped flowers details e. The human serious adverse reactions of the folkloric plant, ecballium elaterium ee, are well documented in the lit erature. The flowers are greenishyellow, and the fruit is large juicy berry, 34 cm, ovateoblong, detaching itself explosively at maturity scattering seeds and juice. Note that the pdf version is the booklet as published, whereas the.
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