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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 Sort descending 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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Antiallergic 6 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 5 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 5 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran?) 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 Chemicals list for Antiamblyopic) Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antianemic) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 (View Chemicals list for Antianginal) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antianorectic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antianorexic) Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 (View Chemicals list for Antianxiety) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarabiflavinotic) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 9 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 (View Chemicals list for Antiasthmatic) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatheromic) Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *