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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESOINOSITAL | 0 | 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 |
| METHANOL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | 6000.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-DODECANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 12.0 | 112.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NON-3-EN-2-ONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXYASIATICOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| P-CYMOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| P-VINYL-GUAIACOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Leaf | 6420.0 | 60000.0 | 0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHELLANDRENE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 300.0 | 2800.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Encephalopathic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epileptigenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |