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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASIATICENTOIC-ACID 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.
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Leaf 700.0 1200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Plant *
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE-A 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE-B 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 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
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ACORADIENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 40.0 369.0 0.47 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil 125000.0 0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CHAMIGRENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil 30000.0 -0.49 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 2000.0 -0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 6 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive 1 *
Antiulcer 13 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 11 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Apoptotic 9 *