{"tema_id":"33571","string":"Vinca rosea Linn.","created":"2021-07-28 11:23:48","code":null,"notes":[{"@type":"Nota de alcance","@lang":"en","@value":"\nOrigin\nNative\nof West Indies; commonly grown in Indian gardens.\nAction:\nCytotoxic.\nToxicity:\nCytotoxic.\n-------------\nOrigin\nJamaica\nFolk\nmedicinal uses\nThis\nplant enjoys a widespread reputation in the treatment of diabetes. It\nis so used in Jamaica, the Grenadines, and in Africa. Watt and\nBreyer-Brandwijk consider that most investigations of this claim have\nshown negative results and that any advantage obtained can be\nascribed to a weak digitalis and purgative action. The plant is said\nto contain an alkaloid vincarosin which is a cardiac poison. In\nJamaica it is also used as tea for colds. The white variety is used\nfor high blood pressure. (2, 10, 13, 26, 27).\nToxicity:\n\nThe\nplant is said to contain an alkaloid vincarosin which is a cardiac\npoison\n\u00a0"},{"@type":"Nota bibliogr\u00e1fica","@lang":"en","@value":"\n 1) Khare,\nC.P.\/ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p\n704. \n\n2) Asprey,\nG.F.; Phyllis\nThornton\/\nMedicinal\nplants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. \u2013\np. 5."}]}