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Plant Picrorhiza kurrooa (Scrophulariaceae)

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Common name(s)
Picrorhiza
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2-BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-CUCURBITACIN-O Root -- 47.0 -- *
0 23,24-DIHYDROCUCURBITACIN-B Root -- 24.0 -- *
0 25-ACETOXY-2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20-TRIHYDROXY-9-METHYL-18-NORLANOST-5,23-DIEN-22-ONE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-16,20,22-TRIHYDROXY-9-METHYL-19-NORLANOSTA-5,24-DIENE-3,11-DIONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20,25-TETRAHYDROXY-9-METHYL-19-NORLANOSTA-5,23-DIENE-11,22-DIONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 6-FERULOYLCATALPOL Root -- 59.0 -- *
0 6-TRANS-FERULOYLCATALPOL Root -- -- -- *
0 AMPHICOSIDE Root 706.0 36000.0 -- *
0 AMPHICOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
5 ANDROSIN Plant -- -- -- *
5 ANDROSIN Root -- 176.0 -- *
8 APOCYNIN Root -- -- -- *
8 APOCYNIN Rhizome -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1 APOCYNINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ARVENIN-III Root -- 35.0 -- *
3 CATALPOL Juice -- -- -- *
0 CINNAMIC-ACID-6-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Juice -- -- -- *
8 CUCURBITACIN-B Root -- 47.0 -- *
0 CUCURBITACIN-GLYCOSIDE Root -- -- -- Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
0 CUCURBITACIN-Q-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Root -- 35.0 -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.