Imphal, June 10, 2008: A team of research scholars of Manipur University life sciences department under the initiative of associate professor, Potsangbam Kumar Singh, ethno botany and plant physiology laboratory of the university have been able to confirm the name of the claimed anti-cancer plant locally known as Damdawi, which is used by a local healer of Saikot village, Churachandpur.
The botanical name of the anti-cancer plant was confirmed as Croton Caudatus Geiseler, a variety of Euphordiaceae plant.
According to Prof. Potsangbam Kumar Singh, associate professor at the laboratory, who briefed the press this evening, he along with the research scholars of the life sciences department conducted a research on the local herb locally known as Damdawi which is being used in abstracting medicine to cure cancer at Saikot village.
He said his team under the initiative of Mahendro Singh Khaidem, project coordinator of Manipur Agri-Business Consortium, visited Saikot village and collected samples of the plant.
He said he along with his team found the variety of the plant to be Croton Caudatus Geiseler and the same process of investigation has been registered at the MU herbarium with coll number 004101. For further affirmation the recent findings of the plant variety were sent to the Botanical Survey of India, BSI, at Shillong and the BSI, Shillong has made an official confirmation of the anti-cancerous plant as Croton Caudatus Geiseler. It is listed under ACC No. 96367 of the BSI, Shillong.
Prof. Potsangbam Kumar who came back from Shillong this evening further disclosed that the Damdawi belongs to the Euphordiacea plants, which have three active components of Crotoflorine, a phynolic substance, Crostsparimine, a new base mop and Sparsiflorine, an alkaloid substance.
When isolated from the leaf this component is used in manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs and other medicines for various forms of treatment. Besides Croton Caudatus Geiseler found at Saikot has its peculiar ingredients of Datriacontanom beta amyrine and beta sitosterat at its barks and stems which are used in treatment of ailments related to calcarious (cancer), as per the reports from the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
He said the new exploration and identification of a highly medicinal plant found in the state scientifically for the first time, shows a clear instance of presence of many more highly medicinal plants. There was need for proper steps to be taken by the concerned departments of the state government for the proper protection and conservation of such plants before it is widely exploited, he suggested.
Source: Imphal Free Press
Note: The actual local name for the plant is “Fahra Hna”. It is also known as “Ranlung Damdawi”.
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June 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Mizoramah chuan hetiang medicinal plants leh pathian tihdamna in chawhpawlh deuh hi Cottage Industry lar tak ania. Mission Vengthlang a Pi Muani an tih thin nu tawi tir ter, kum 60 vel ani tawh ang, pawh khan eng eng thing hawng leh hnim hnah hi a deng sawm sawk sawk a, a tui a sawra thisensang damdawi, Kal na damdawi an ti leh ringawt a, a then chuan an lo awih ve em em a, an lo halelui pui tuarh tuarh bawka, an dam phah lem hlei lo va.
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
a hnuaia vaimim rawh hi emo ka lo ti hman a a plant thlalak!.. hehe.. that hmel khp mai…a local hming poh “Damdawi” nia… chin ve tur anih hi..
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Hetiang hi awih tu in la awm ani chek elo? Mawngping khua pawh min ti hrechhuak uar uar e. University scholar tan phei chuan a bula kal chi pawh ani lo. Cancer treatment nan hian research an ti nasa tawh. Kum tam tak laboratory trial leh test phawt hmaa, medicinal plant lo tih ve chu leh, Hahaha.
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Aryan chu Pi Muanteii i hria ni maw? Zion Commando ho kha? An hming kha nalh ve riau alawm!!Nia hnah atanga siam damdawi an ngah thei lutuk.
Thra lawm an buaipui peih chuan.Buaipui na na na chuan engtik ni ah emaw chuan a damdawi tak2 kan la hmuchhuak maithei asin. Buaipui loh chuan hmuhchhuah ngaihna awm hek lo!!!
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Daktawra han beidawn ngat tawh chuan tualchher damdawi hi rin a awl fu aniang!!
Kan ram zimte ngaihtuah chuan khawihdam thei, tawngtai damthei hi an tam fu mai.
Inherh khawih thiamte hi chu an hlu fu ani.
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June 11th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
official confirmation (from Botanical Survey of India) te an pek toh te chuan, dik turah ka lo ngai a kei…
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Anih leh Medical Council of India aanga recognition te an hmu tawh em ?
Cancer damdawi mu chhuak tak tak se chuan CNN leh BREAKING NEWS an hmuh bakah Nobel Prize in Medicine an hmu ang. US leh Euope a research lo titute ngaihsanna nen. Dawt zawng news rintlak takah chhuah an tum lo niawm tak ani.
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
He cancer damdawi hi ’saiekhlo’Compositae(Asteraceae) family, Bio name: Senecio scandens Don, emaw ka lo ti a.Aizawl vela cancer damdawi tia an zawrh hi chu Saiekhlo a ni tlangpui.Kan vang ami cancer pawn bot 10 a in zova a dam chuang lo.
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
the Damdawi belongs
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Damdawi tiin an ziah teh tlat a..meitei tawng hian damdawi kan tih hi damdawi an ti ve tho tihna em ni? kanidari
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
An damdawi hming sawi te khi Cancer damdawi lar tak chu an ni lo phawt. Amaherawhchu Beta Amyrin khi chuan cancer tihdam theihna property a nei. Chuvangin, kan mi thiamten han chhui chiang zel se la, kan Mizoramah ngei pawh khian damdawia hman theih hnim hnah tam tak kan nei ngeiin a rinawm.
@Borat, damdawi siam chhuah chungchangah hian Medical Council of India-in recognition an pe lo. Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 kal tlangin sawrkar laipui(Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)ah dil zawk tur a niin ka hria. Tin, he ‘Damdawi’ hi research an la ti mek chauh a ni a, CNN/BREAKING NEWS vela la chhuah theih mai chu a nih loh hmel. Drugs siamchhuaktu nazawng hian Nobel Prize in Medicine an hmu kher lo bawk. Chuvangin, a engamah hmaa lo sceptical em em ngawt tur chu a ni dawn em ni?
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
btw, khawvela damdawi kan hman lar tam tak hi hnim hnah leh thing atanga siam an ni tih hi hre phawt ila…
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
To Keimah, Nice answer to them. The Heading itself is PROBABLE ANTI-CANCER PLANT. After much research done by a team of Botany Scholars of Manipur University, it finally got a Scientific Name, thats all.
Tunlai sanah zawlnei inti te, tawngtai dam thei ti te hi ka awi (vak) lo mahse hemi Probable Cancer Plant an ti hi chu Scientific Prove-na kawng a hraw mekin ka hria
Engamah hmaa lo sawisel ve ringawt hi kan tunlai Mizo rilru ani hi. Hei vang tak hi lawm Mizo leh Mizo lo a kan buai fo na chu..
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
https://www.hindu.com/thehindu/.....111022.htm
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Sorry. Please accept my apology.
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
AajTak National Hindi News channel interviewed Mr.Chawilien of Saikot, Manipur about his herbal medicine yesterday.
The Hindu, a national news paper also wrote a column today, i think this may also be related
https://www.hindu.com/thehindu/.....111022.htm
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June 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
A damdawi vang nge, Pathian hnathawh, kei mi chak lo tak hian fiah takin sawi thei lo mah ila, thil mak chu a thleng ve chiang a lawm. Tuna pantute hi unau meiteiho deuh hlir an ni taw. Tun inrinni June 7, 2008 kha an tam ni tak a ni awm e. Mi 19000 velin damdawi hi an dawng. Piantirha ta mitdel in mit varna a chang, kebai thenkhatte pawh tihdamna changin ke in an kal ngei tih hre chiangtu chu ka ni ve. Unau Meiteiho in ” In that pui em ?” tih zawhna an chhanna chu 70 % velin kan thatpui tih chu an chhanna a ni.
Tihdam rawngbawlna hi kan Mizo society ah hian hmun hran hran leh hun hrang hrangah an sawi ka hre thin a. Awi harsa ka lo ti deuh thin. Pathian hian Ama ropuina tur chuan thilmak le tihdamna te hi a la thlentir reng tih hi ka mita ka hmuh ve avangin tunah chuan ka awih ta. Mahse Isua Krista pawh khan a hun laia dam lo zawng zawng kha a tih dam vek loh ang bawkin, pantu tam tak chuan an thatpui/dampui chuang lo tih pawh thudik a ni. Thil mak tak zawng a ni ve reng reng e.
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June 11th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
dik chiah !! miin dam phahnan an hmang te a nih chuan a thra ltk e!
kan rinna leh science kan buk dawn a nih chuan thil in kalh tlat tam tak a om ngei2 ang .
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June 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
dam vek roh se…….
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Report – Preliminary PAS on the reported properties of the plant species -Croton caudatus (Euphorbiaceae)
PAS Date: June 7, 2008
Taxon: Croton caudatus Geiseler
Genus: Croton
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Part 1 – Non Patent PAS:
Non patent PAS Comments: The plant is reported for use in cold, cough, malaria, cholera, sprains, fevers but there is no report in codified literatures as well as in ayurveda also, of using the plant for curing cancer, piles, sinusitis and stomach ulcer ailments.
Part 2- patent search. patents for its treatments for cancer vailable in chinese applications.
Patent PAS results in statistics (total results appeared):
USPTO-
“Croton caudatus”: 0 patents
ACLM/Croton: 35 patents
ESpace –
“Croton caudatus”: 1 record
TTL/ Croton or ABST/Croton: 306 records
WIPO –
“Croton caudatus”: 4 records
ACLM/Croton: 69 records
Freepatentsonline –
“Croton caudatus”: 0 patents
M-Cam
“Croton caudatus”: 1 record
ACLM/Croton: 3356 records
detailed report to anyone interested by e mail
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June 13th, 2008 at 12:14 am
yo ma nigga chu lo va la hre phian ve a,kan lab ah lo thon se kan lo zir chiang don em ni hehe..
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:21 am
ma nigga it is in my kidney, brilliant lo ila chuan i pass nang kan basic bachelor kha.
engpoh nise local media an mawl lutuka. Kan investiagte laiin n thinking of patent for the guy, a plant name leh process of preapration an ti public a … bum zo vek.. btw taiwan kan ron thon ten intellectual property infringment ngasin… copy inthiam ropui si….orkut ah i email account verify angai… which one u using
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June 14th, 2008 at 8:17 am
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