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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
GERANIOL 35 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
GERMACRENE 0 Leaf Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Essential Oil 160000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
GLYCINE 12 Plant =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
HYDROCOTYLEGENINS 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HYDROCOTYLINE 0 Plant 16.0 *
INDOCENTELLOSIDE 0 Plant 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
INDOCENTOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
INOSITOL 8 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
IRON 6 Leaf 3.0 29.0 -0.85 *
ISOBRAHMIC-ACID 0 Plant 9000.0 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf 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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 3 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 *
Allelochemic 3 *
Allelopathic 3 *
Allergenic 12 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amebicide 1 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 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).