''Ecbolium viride'' is a species of '' Ecbolium'' of the family

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...

. It can be found in

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and

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, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant. Flower of Ecbolium viride

Chemical present

Leaves, roots and flowers contain

orientin Orientin is a flavone, a chemical flavonoid-like compound. It is the 8-C glucoside of luteolin. Natural occurrences Orientin is found in '' Adonis vernalis'', in ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' and ''Anadenanthera peregrina'', and in the ''Phyllos ...

vitexin Vitexin is an apigenin flavone glucoside, a chemical compound found in the passion flower, ''Vitex agnus-castus'' (chaste tree or chasteberry), in the ''Phyllostachys nigra'' bamboo leaves, in the pearl millet (Pennisetum millet), and in Hawthor ...

isoorientin Isoorientin (homoorientin) is a flavone, a chemical flavonoid-like compound. It is the luteolin-6-''C''-glucoside. Natural occurrence Isoorientin can be isolated from the passion flower, '' Vitex negundo'', '' Terminalia myriocarpa'', the Aça ...

isovitexin Isovitexin (homovitexin or saponaretin) is a flavone, namely the apigenin-6-''C''-glucoside. In this case, the prefix 'iso' does not imply an isoflavonoid (the position of the B-ring on the C-ring), but the position of the glucoside on the flavon ...

References

Acanthaceae {{Acanthaceae-stub