Group 8 September 11, 2017

Trinidad, Alexine Marie 3GPH

Vitalez, Charlene Mae
Vitug, Paula Romana
Vizcarra, Ana Kristina
Yap, Krista Mari

I. Scientific Name: Allamanda cathartica

II. Common name: Yellow Bell; Kampanilya
III. Toxonomical classification:

Kingdom: Plantae

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Superdivision: Spermatophyta

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: Asteridae

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

Genus: Allamanda L.

Species: Allamanda cathartica L.

 IV. Botanical Characteristics:
Yellow Bell is a vigorous, smooth, slightly hairy shrub growing 2 to 4 meters high. Stems
grayish, cylindrical, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves are opposite, in whorls of 3 or 4, although
the upper ones may be scattered, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 12 centimeters long, 2.5
to 4 centimeters wide, pointed on both ends. Flowers are yellow and short-stalked. Calyx-teeth
are green, somewhat spreading, lanceolate and 1 to 1.5 centimeters long. Corolla is about 7
centimeters long; the slender part of the tube being about 3 centimeters long; the tube inflated
up to 2 centimeters in diameter; the lobes ovate or oblong-ovate, spreading, rounded and
about 2 centimeters long.
V. Ethnopharmacologic/Pharmacologic Uses:

In the Philippines, whole plant is considered poisonous. As the name implies, the leaves,
roots and flowers may be used in preparing a powerful cathartic. Considered purgative,
cathartic with hydrogogue effect, healing, diuretic. Studies have suggested antidermatophytic,
wound healing, antiproliferative, antifertility, antibacterial and antifungal properties. Aside from
its medicinal uses, Yellow Bell plant is also known for its ornamental purposes.

VI. Constituents:
 Phytochemical studies revealed the main constituents to be alkaloids, flavonoids,
saponins and carbohydrates. Contains allamandin, a toxic iridoid lactone. Milky sap is
considered antibacterial, possibly anticancer. Study of phospholipid fatty acid composition
yielded 7-Methyl-5,9-octadecadienoic acid. Phytochemical analysis of an ethanolic leaf extract
yielded 28 different compounds, the major constituents of which were 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic
acid (Z,Z,Z)-, n-hexadecanoic acid, 3-O-methyl-d-glucose and 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid ethyl
ester (Z,Z,Z)- (10.58%). The ethanolic stem extract of A. cathartica showed the presence of 26
different bioactive compounds, the major ones 3-O-methyl-d-glucose, 2-furancarboxaldehyde 5-
(hydroxymethyl)-, n-hexadecanoic acid and 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid (Z,Z,Z)-. Study of
whole plant yielded eleven secondary metabolites, viz., allamandin (1), allamdin glucoside (2),
betulinic acid (3), ursolic acid (4), 2,6,8-trihydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one (5),
pinitol (6), heptacosanoic acid (7), heptacosane (8), -sitosterol (9), -sitosterol-3-O-glucoside
(10), and sucrose (11).

References:
(n.d.). Retrieved September 03, 2017, from https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ALCA7
(n.d.). Retrieved September 03, 2017, from
http://www.stuartxchange.org/YellowAllamanda.html