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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOTHANKUNIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOTHANKUNISIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 340.0 | 3180.0 | 0.26 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIGNOCENE | 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. |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINAMARASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-XYLENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MADASIATIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| MADECASSIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MADECASSOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MADECASSOSIDE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 342.0 | 3200.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 3.0 | 27.7 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICASSIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| MESO-INOSITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 15.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |