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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
1-METHYL-4-(1,2,2-TRIMETHYL-CYCLO-PENTYL)-BENZENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-BUTAN-2-OL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
3-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
3-GLUCOSYLQUERCETIN 0 Plant *
7-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 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
ALPHA-CHAMIGRENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil 9000.0 -0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 2000.0 -0.54 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 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.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 220.0 2060.0 1.43 *
AMINOBUTYRATE 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.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 40.0 374.0 -0.41 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 138.0 -0.56 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16050.0 150000.0 0.55 *
ASIATIC-ACID 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiallergic 6 (View) *
Antialopecic 5 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 5 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 (View) *
Antianorectic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 (View) *
Antiarthritic 9 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 (View) Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 (View) *