Indigo Bush
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Other Names : Amorpha fruticosa, False indigo bush, False indigo, Desert false indigo, Amorpha angustifolia, Amorpha bushii, Amorpha croceolanata, Amorpha curtissii, Amorpha dewinkeleri, Amorpha fruticosa var. angustifolia, Amorpha fruticosa var. croceolanata, Amorpha fruticosa var. emarginata, Amorpha fruticosa var. oblongifolia, Amorpha fruticosa var. occidentalis, Amorpha fruticosa var. tennesseensis, Amorpha occidentalis, Amorpha occidentalis var. arizonica, Amorpha occidentalis var. emarginata, Amorpha tennesseensis, Amorpha virgata. 紫穗槐, zi sui huai
Special Precautions and side effects of Indigo Bush
The plant is said to contain alkaloids and be poisonous to livestock
Benefits of Indigo Bush
- extract from seeds of Amorpha fruticosa in the Leguminosae family has lethal effects against mosquito larvae, and an insecticidal compound amorphigenin was isolated.
- Amorphigenin, an aglycone of the rotenoid glycoside amorphin, has been isolated from the leaves, seeds and seedlings of Amorpha fruticosa and has been shown to have significant anti-proliferative , anti-cancer (in many cell types) , hepatoprotective and neuraminidase inhibition activities
- Flavanones and rotenoids from the roots of Amorpha fruticosa inhibit bacterial neuraminidase.
- Amorfrutins are potent antidiabetic dietary natural products : amorfrutins, from edible parts of two legumes, Glycyrrhiza foetida and Amorpha fruticosa are structurally new and powerful antidiabetics with unprecedented effects for a dietary molecule.]
