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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.
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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 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.
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Leaf 700.0 1200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASIATICOSIDE 19 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASIATICOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available 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
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ACORADIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 40.0 369.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available 125000.0 0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CHAMIGRENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil not available 30000.0 -0.49 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 -0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 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
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 Duke, 1992 *