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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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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
1-METHYL-4-(1,2,2-TRIMETHYL-CYCLO-PENTYL)-BENZENE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-BUTAN-2-OL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
3-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
3-GLUCOSYLQUERCETIN 0 Plant *
7-GLUCOSYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Plant =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 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil 9000.0 -0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 2000.0 -0.54 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 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.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 220.0 2060.0 1.43 *
AMINOBUTYRATE 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.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 40.0 374.0 -0.41 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 138.0 -0.56 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16050.0 150000.0 0.55 *
ASIATIC-ACID 1 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 4 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 *
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *