Acta Pharm Nord. 1990 ; 2(6): 421-2.

Smooth muscle relaxing flavonoids from Alchornea cordifolia.

Ogungbamila FO, Samuelsson G.

Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Muell. Arg. (Euphobiaceae) is widely distributed throughout tropical Africa, where it is used extensively in traditional medicine. Conditions for which the plant has enjoyed wide use are: coughs, gonorrhoea, yaws, ulcer, rheumatic pains, fever and bronchial troubles. This paper reports isolation of smooth muscle relaxing flavonoids from the leaves of the plant.