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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
POLYACETYLENES 0 Root Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
POPULNIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 414.0 3870.0 -1.17 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 16050.0 150000.0 -0.62 *
PYRIDINE 3 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN 176 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.
RAFFINOSE 1 Plant *
RESIN 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.
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.4 13.0 -0.12 *
SAPONIN 0 Plant 11000.0 80000.0 1.66 *
SAPONINS 5 Leaf 268.0 2500.0 -1.09 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.1 1.2 -0.29 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 1.5 14.0 -0.37 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 1113.0 10400.0 1.20 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Essential Oil 2000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 40.0 -0.81 =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
SUGARS 0 Leaf 9630.0 90000.0 0.36 *
TANNIN 35 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthermic 2 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypnotic 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 13 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 7 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 10 *
Hypothermic 3 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 6 *
Immunosuppressant 2 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *