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    Urginea maritima (european) is one of the most ancient medicinal plants known to Greeks and Egypt. Used medicinally in France Algeria and Cyprus Cultivation Usually not cultivated It requires sandy soil and half submerged. Bulb cut into transverse slices about 1cm thick and dried Description Bulbs are pear shaped Shape Arcuate, concavo-convex wide and thick at middle point Color Yellowish white translucent strips tapering at both ends.

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    Urginea maritima (european) is one of the most ancient medicinal plants known to Greeks and Egypt. Used medicinally in France Algeria and Cyprus Cultivation Usually not cultivated It requires sandy soil and half submerged. Bulb cut into transverse slices about 1cm thick and dried Description Bulbs are pear shaped Shape Arcuate, concavo-convex wide and thick at middle point Color Yellowish white translucent strips tapering at both ends.

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    5 Squill

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    Urginea maritima (european) is one of the most ancient medicinal plants known to Greeks and Egypt. Used medicinally in France Algeria and Cyprus Cultivation Usually not cultivated It requires sandy soil and half submerged. Bulb cut into transverse slices about 1cm thick and dried Description Bulbs are pear shaped Shape Arcuate, concavo-convex wide and thick at middle point Color Yellowish white translucent strips tapering at both ends.

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    • Sliced & dried scale leaves of bulb


    Urginea maritima (European)
    Liliaceae
    • It is one of the most ancient medicinal
    plants known to Greeks & Egypt
    • Two varieties
    White Preferred in England
    Sicily & Malta
    Red Used medicinally in France
    Algeria & Cyprus
    Cultivation
    • Usually not cultivated
    • It requires sandy soil & half submerged
    • For cultivation raised from seeds & the plant
    acquires full size within 5yrs
    • Bulbs collected after flowering & without any
    aerial leaves
    • Fibrous roots cut away & external thin slices
    are removed
    • 3-4 vertical incisions 1cm deep are made
    across the base &3-4 at right angles to these
    • Then bulb cut into transverse slices about
    1cm thick & dried
    Description
    • Bulbs are pear shaped
    • Shape Arcuate , Concavo-convex
    Wide & thick at middle point
    • Color Yellowish white translucent
    strips tapering at both ends
    • Texture Brittle when dry but absorbs moisture
    & become tough & flexible
    • Very slight odour
    • Tatse Bitter , acrid , disagreeable
    Microscopy (Isobilateral leaf)
    • Epidermis Rectangular cells , cuticularised
    Circular stomata & wide guard cells
    Very few on lower surface
    Very rare on upper surface
    • Mesophyll
    Not differentiated
    Large polygonal parenchymatous
    Contain mucilage
    Mucilage surrounds bundle of calcium
    oxalate crystal raphides
    V.B Collateral
    Xylem towards lower side
    Phloem towards upper side
    Constituents
    • Glycoside Scillaren A (crystlline)
    Scillaren B (amorphous)
    • Also contain glucoscillaren A(tri glycoside)
    • Xanthoscillide lemon yellow crystals
    • Mucilage
    • Flavonoids (quercetin)
    enzyme hydrolysis Proscillaridin A + Glucose

    Scillaridin A + Rhamnose
    • Scillaren

    acid hydrolysis Scillaridin A + Scillabiose


    (scillarenin) (Glc + Rha)
    Uses
    • Resembles Digitalis
    • Powerful expectorant
    • Used in chronic bronchitis & for cough
    • Large doses produce emesis
    • Scillaroside present in red variety is a
    rodenticide
    Indian Squill (U.indica)
    • Smaller than European
    • Longitudinally ribbed
    • Epidermal cells 3 – 5 times as long as they are
    broad
    • European length is ≥ about twice the breadth
    • Constituents
    water extractive 60%alcohol extractive
    • European 79 – 81% 70 – 80%
    • Indian 60 – 70% 20 – 40%
    Tests
    Mucilage

    Stains Red with Corallin soda


    Stains Reddish purple with Iodine water

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