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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-METHYL-4-(1,2,2-TRIMETHYL-CYCLO-PENTYL)-BENZENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 2-METHYL-BUTAN-2-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-GLUCOSYLQUERCETIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ALANINE | 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 |
| ALPHA-CHAMIGRENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 9000.0 | -0.36 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -0.54 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | 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. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 220.0 | 2060.0 | 1.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMINOBUTYRATE | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 40.0 | 374.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | not available | 138.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 16050.0 | 150000.0 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASIATIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 16 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 9 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 5 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |