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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTELLINIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| CENTELLOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CENTELLOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| CENTOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 0.8 | 7.3 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ELAIDIC-ACID | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 321.0 | 6000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 3000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.28 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| EPIGLOBULOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 5992.0 | 56000.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 20000.0 | 187000.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 187000.0 | 1.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 302000.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURAN-2-CARBOXALDEHYDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -0.77 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protisticide | 2 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 11 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 4 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Stomachic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |