Repertories: Kent, Boericke, Boenninghausen, Boger Synoptic Key, Publicum
Materia Medica: Clarke, Kent, Boericke, Boger, Hering, HC Allen
Brucea (Brucea antidysenterica) belongs to the Simaroubaceae family, known for its bitter medicinal plants. It contains quassinoids and canthin alkaloids, which are effective against dysentery, malaria, and gastrointestinal disorders. It is not primarily neurotoxic but is more focused on antimicrobial and antiparasitic effects.
Loganiaceae, on the other hand, is a separate plant family that includes Strychnos, Nux Vomica, Ignatia, Gelsemium, Spigelia, and Upas. The remedies from this family have strong effects on the nervous system, with hyper-reflexia, convulsions, neuralgias, and paralytic effects due to alkaloids like strychnine and brucine.
Although brucine, an alkaloid, is found in both Brucea and Loganiaceae plants (like Nux Vomica), their overall medicinal action and classification are different—Brucea is more gastrointestinal-focused, while Loganiaceae primarily affects the nervous system.
]]>In fact, Brucine, on the other hand, is primarily found in Strychnos nux-vomica and Strychnos ignatii, which belong to the Loganiaceae family.
Brucea belongs to the Simaroubaceae family and contains quassinoids and canthin alkaloids.
Brucea is often discussed alongside Loganiaceae remedies due to some similarities in medicinal use.
Brucea belongs to a different botanical family (Simaroubaceae), its active constituents, like brucine and strychnine, show similarities in their effects on nerve excitability, convulsions, and toxicity—which aligns with remedies from Loganiaceae.
Hence Brucine and Brucea should not be confused and Brucea should not be included in the study of Loganiaceae family though Brucea and Nux-v. contain brucin and strychnine and have similar toxic effects, but essentially, they are different.
Hence, to summarize to the point:
– Brucea (Brucea antidysenterica) belongs to the Simaroubaceae family, known for its bitter medicinal plants. It contains quassinoids and canthin alkaloids, which are effective against dysentery, malaria, and gastrointestinal disorders. It is not primarily neurotoxic but is more focused on antimicrobial and antiparasitic effects.
– Loganiaceae, on the other hand, is a separate plant family that includes Strychnos, Nux Vomica, Ignatia, Gelsemium, Spigelia, and Upas. The remedies from this family have strong effects on the nervous system, with hyper-reflexia, convulsions, neuralgias, and paralytic effects due to alkaloids like strychnine and brucine.
Although brucine, an alkaloid, is found in both Brucea and Loganiaceae plants (like Nux Vomica), their overall medicinal action and classification are different—Brucea is more gastrointestinal-focused, while Loganiaceae primarily affects the nervous system.
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