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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Gotu Kola, Pennywort
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CENTELLINIC-ACID 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CENTELLOSE 0 Plant *
CENTELLOSIDE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CENTOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.1 1.0 -0.56 *
CINEOLE 0 Essential Oil *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.8 7.3 -0.26 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Plant *
EO 0 Leaf 321.0 6000.0 -0.49 *
EO 0 Plant 3000.0 6000.0 -0.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
EPIGLOBULOL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
FARNESOL 17 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT 0 Leaf 5992.0 56000.0 -0.01 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 20000.0 187000.0 0.31 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 187000.0 1.56 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 302000.0 -0.87 *
FURAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 4000.0 -0.77 Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) *
Allelopathic 3 (View) *
Allergenic 12 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amebicide 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).