Tiliacora triandra
“ is a species of flowering plant native to mainland Southeast Asia and used particularly in the cuisines of northeast Thailand and Laos. In the Isan dialect of Lao, the language of northeastern Thailand, it is called bai yanang or bai ya nang (ใบย่านาง, literally “yanang leaf”), or simply yanang or ya nang (ย่านาง). In Laos, it is also called bai yanang (ໃບຢານາງ). In Khmer, it is called voar yeav (វល្លិយាវ). It is a climbing plant with deep green leaves and yellowish flowers, tolerating only very mild frost.
In the Lao Isan culture of northeastern Thailand, the leaves are used in the preparation of kaeng no mai (Thai แกงหน่อไม้, sometimes called kaeng Lao (Thai: แกงลาว)), after the ethnic Lao majority of northeastern Thailand, is a chili-hot tasting soup contained bamboo shoots, chilis, salt, and sometimes also oyster mushrooms, straw mushrooms, cha-om, or other ingredients. Generally the leaves are not used whole, but rather a juice (or extract) made from the leaves is used to make the broth, primarily as a thickening agent rather than for its flavor. This juice may be prepared from scratch, from fresh leaves, or purchased in canned form.
In Vietnam, the plant is called dây sương sâm, and can be made into a kind of jelly called: “sương sâm”.
In Cambodia, it is used as an ingredient in a sour soup called samlar machu.
In Laos and Thailand, the leaves are extracted with water using both hands rubbing on leaves back and forth until all the green part in the leaves are out in the water, this is called nam yanang (Lao: ນໍ້າຢານາງ; Thai น้ำย่านาง), meaning “yanang water”. The yanang water is used to make bamboo soup.”
Anticancer , makes the cancer (multi drug resistant) cells more sensitive to chemo (excerpt from research:” The sensitivity of A549RT-eto cancer cells to etoposide was partially restored in the presence of the hexane extract (F1) of T. triandra. This is the first report of the biological activity from the leaves of T. triandra as a potential source of a novel chemosensitizer “) * see research link PMC4189271/ & 25298673
Cognitive enhancer, improves memory and reduces cognitive damage caused by alcohol (excerpt from research:” Interestingly, all doses of T. triandra extract treatment significantly counteracted the decreased neuron density induced by alcohol consumption in hippocampus “) * see research link PMC4477251/
Extraction by water and encapsulation with Arabic gom is the best * see research link 25371566
Antimicrobial= antifungal, antibacterial & antiviral against for example tuberculosis (excerpt from research:” Tiliacora triandra and Clerodendrum petasites were the most effective antimicrobial activity among other ethanolic extracts. “) *see research link 22619925, /22418278
Anti-parasitic against the parasite that causes malaria ( excerpt from research:” T. triandra was the most active and exhibited an IC50<5µg/mL against both strains of parasites “) * see research link 27396349
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