Plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Gotu Kola; Pennywort

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
POLYACETYLENES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
POPULNIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	414.0	3870.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	16050.0	150000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
RAFFINOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	1.4	13.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Plant	11000.0	80000.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Leaf	268.0	2500.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.1	1.2	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	1.5	14.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	1113.0	10400.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Essential Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	40.0	-0.81	=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
SUGARS	0	Leaf	9630.0	90000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).