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Plant 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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 5 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.