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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 Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 1100.0 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
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant not available 1100.0 -0.49 Jim Duke's personal files.
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Essential Oil not available 13000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 -0.75 Jim Duke's personal files.
BRAHMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 970.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BRAHMINOSIDE 8 Plant not available 1600.0 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
BRAHMOSIDE 7 Plant not available 3700.0 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
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1700.0 15890.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Essential Oil not available 2000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHOR 41 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 70192.0 656000.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTELLA-ASIATICA-COMPOUND-BK 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTELLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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Antibackache 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibackache) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 20 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiberiberi) Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiBPH) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 7 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast)) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Cervix)) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Lung)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Pancreas)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 (View Chemicals list for Anticanker) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic (Breast)) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic (Colon)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic (Lung)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticardiospasmic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 7 (View Chemicals list for Anticariogenic) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarpal-Tunnel) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 (View Chemicals list for Anticataract) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticephalagic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View Chemicals list for Anticervicaldysplasic) Duke, 1992 *