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Ipomoea purga
Mexican tuberous vine; resin used as powerful cathartic in traditional and colonial medicine.
Ipomoea purga, a Mexican tuberous vine, yields a resin historically used as a powerful cathartic. Its primary modern applications include purgative and anthelmintic actions, while traditional uses targeted constipation, intestinal worms, and dropsy. The key active compounds are jalapin, jalapinolic acid, convolvulin, and other resin glycosides.
The resin of Ipomoea purga acts as a potent stimulant laxative by irritating the intestinal mucosa, increasing peristalsis and fluid secretion into the bowel. Jalapin and convolvulin are thought to activate enteric neurons and prostaglandin pathways, leading to net water and electrolyte accumulation in the colon. This results in rapid, often forceful evacuation, which can also expel intestinal parasites. The cathartic effect is dose-dependent and may involve inhibition of Na+/K+-ATPase in enterocytes.
Mexican tuberous vine; resin used as powerful cathartic in traditional and colonial medicine.
Ipomoea purga, a Mexican tuberous vine, yields a resin historically used as a powerful cathartic. Its primary modern applications include purgative and anthelmintic actions, while traditional uses targeted constipation, intestinal worms, and dropsy. The key active compounds are jalapin, jalapinolic acid, convolvulin, and other resin glycosides.
The resin of Ipomoea purga acts as a potent stimulant laxative by irritating the intestinal mucosa, increasing peristalsis and fluid secretion into the bowel. Jalapin and convolvulin are thought to activate enteric neurons and prostaglandin pathways, leading to net water and electrolyte accumulation in the colon. This results in rapid, often forceful evacuation, which can also expel intestinal parasites. The cathartic effect is dose-dependent and may involve inhibition of Na+/K+-ATPase in enterocytes.