Malkangani Seed Oil

Celastrus paniculatus is a scrambling shrub, with terete branches, can reach up to 6m in height with the young shoots and twigs are pendulous. The leaves are glabrous, roughly ovate and acute. The Flowers are unisexual and yellowish-green in color and in terminal pendulous of 20cm long .The Fruit is capsule in shape and is three valves, celled and six seeded. Seeds are enclosed in complete red arillus and are ovoid in shape and brown in color.

It is native to India and south-east Asia.

Oil The oil is dark yellowish in color with woody odor.

Extraction The coil is extracted by the steam distillation of the seeds.

Chemical composition

The main constituents are the fatty acids, viz., oleic, linoleic, palmitic, lignoceric acid, benzoic, acetic acid, Paraffinic hydrocarbons, β-sitosterol.

Uses

Hair problem: Malkangni seed Oil is applied on scalp to fight against dandruff and grizzled hairs. The presence of fatty acids raises the blood circulation to hair follicles which boost the hair growth.

Learning and memory:- It is well known fact that seed oil is an effectual in strengthening the nervine ability of the brain. Its use can effectively reversed the impairment in spatial memory produced by sharp middle muscarinic receptor barrier, sustaining the cognitive enhancing properties.

Alzheimer's disease: The seed oils antioxidant properties help to decrease the lipid peroxidation and supplementing the endogenous antioxidant enzymes in brain. The daily use of oil gradually helps in improving the Alzheimer's disease patient's condition. 

Anti-arthritic: The seed oil is known for its anti-arthritic effect because of the presence of ether and alcoholic extracts .It also manages the body weight during the arthritic condition.

Anti-inflammatory:-The oil of Malkagini helps to ease the pain and tenderness in the condition of paralysis, sciatica, lumber pain and healing the wound due to the presence of triterpene compound lupeol.