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Plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae)

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
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 1100.0 not available =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
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant not available 1100.0 -0.49 Jim Duke's personal files.
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Essential Oil not available 13000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 -0.75 Jim Duke's personal files.
BRAHMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 970.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BRAHMINOSIDE 8 Plant not available 1600.0 not available =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
BRAHMOSIDE 7 Plant not available 3700.0 not available =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
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1700.0 15890.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHOR 41 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 70192.0 656000.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTELLA-ASIATICA-COMPOUND-BK 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTELLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Collagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 4 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 1 Duke, 1992 *