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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
ISOTHANKUNIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHANKUNISIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 340.0 3180.0 0.26 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIGNOCENE 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.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL 53 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINAMARASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-XYLENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MADASIATIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MADECASSIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MADECASSOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MADECASSOSIDE 2 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 342.0 3200.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 3.0 27.7 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
MEDICASSIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available 15.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 4 Duke, 1992 *